Infinite Ties (All That Remains #3) Read Online Free

or neglect a chance to worship every
inch of that beautiful little body. You don’t know what it means to me, that I
can make you feel that way.”
    “Stop. You’ll make me cry again.”
    “You started it,” I tease. “Now tell me
something. Last night, was it really four?”
    She blushes. “Keep it between us?”
    “Mmm Hmm.”
    “I sort of…dreamed about you last night.
You touched me and told me to come, and I did. For real. It woke me up.” She presses
her pink face to my chest. “So, really, I’d have to say it was five, not
counting, you know...multiples.”
     
    * * * *
     
    It’s been a lazy day. The heat wave has
been broken by a line of violent thunderstorms. Abby cringes and presses closer
to Airen when another bone rattling clap of thunder shakes the house. A fond
smile touches his lips, and she’s pulled tighter against his body. “I’ve got
you, scaredy cat.”
    “Shut up,” she replies good naturedly,
pulling her legs up onto the couch and burrowing into his side. We’re all taken
by surprise by a knock at the door.
    “Who the hell is out in this weather?” I exclaim.
    “Eric was supposed to come over for a game
of chess, but I figured he’d changed his mind,” Airen remarks as Abby opens the
door. She gasps and staggers back in shock. Airen jumps to his feet when a tall
red headed man steps through the door.
    “Nice to see you again, Gail,” he says
with a sardonic smile. My first thought is that he has the wrong person, or he’s
mentally disturbed, but Abby obviously knows him, and Gail is short for
Abigail.
    She takes another step back. All the blood
has drained from her face and I can feel her body trembling when I wrap my arm
around her waist. She looks like she may pass out. “Who are you?” I demand.
    “I’m Jon Needham. Carson’s father.” Oh
holy shit. No wonder she looks like she’s seen a ghost. He regards me with a
smirk. “Are you her boyfriend?”
    “That’s right.” My arms tighten around
Abby.
    “You the one that left me the letter?”
Now, I’m really confused, but before I can ask him what he’s talking about,
Airen intercedes.
    “No, that was me.”
    “And you are?”
    “My husband,” Abby blurts, stepping
between us.
    Jon stares at me like I just tried to
trick him. “You said you’re the boyfriend.”
    “He is, and Airen’s my husband,” she
replies, raising her chin defiantly, daring him to comment.
    Laughing, he obliges. “Oh Gail, some
things never change.” I don’t know what the hell he meant by that, but the look
on Abby’s face tells me he struck a nerve.
    She glares at him. “What are you doing
here?”
    Jon produces two folded sheets of paper
from his back pocket and hands them to her. “I got a letter telling me my son
was alive. I want to see him.”
    “He’s not your son.” She unfolds the
paper, and after recognizing Airen’s neat script, regards him with a
heartbreaking expression of betrayal and disbelief.
    He sighs. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. I
left a note at his house when we went to Indianapolis. To tell him Carson
survived the plague.”
    “I appreciate it, man. Your directions
suck, though. Took forever to find the place,” Jon complains.
    “Get out,” Abby demands, her voice flat.
“I don’t want you here.”
    Airen runs a hand through his hair, torn
over what to do next. “Abby…” he says hesitantly.
    When her head whips around violently to
face him, her voice is vitriolic. “How could you do this to me? You know what
he did to us!”
    “I thought Carson deserved to know whether
his father survived.”
    “That isn’t your fucking decision to
make!” She’s trying to keep her voice down so she doesn’t wake the kids. Her
eyes are desperate when she turns to me. “Joseph, please get rid of him. Make
him leave. Please .”
    That settles it. I don’t care what her
reasons are, I need to get him out of here. I don’t know the whole story or exactly
what’s going on, but it’s clear