All I Need is You by M. Malone

Author:M. Malone [Malone, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CrushStar Romance
Published: 2014-02-09T05:00:00+00:00

KAY SAT QUIETLY, watching him with her big innocent eyes. It was a killer to have to be this close to her and not touch her. But he didn’t want to scare her or make her feel uncomfortable, especially now that she knew everything.

“You can ask questions if you want to,” he offered. It would probably be easier to get it all out at once.

“What happened to Justice?” She reached over and grabbed his hand. “Did he survive?”

“Yeah. He was picked up by the FBI and held for questioning, too. I ask about him sometimes. Check on him.” Even though he had to do it discreetly. One of the major provisions of his release was having no further contact with anyone in the organization. If Agent Harris ever found out about it, he’d probably assume that Eli was still a member and ferrying information back and forth.

“I’m not surprised. Even though he got you into something horrible, you still thought of him as a friend.”

“Yeah, I did. Stupid, but I did. He wasn’t cooperative with the authorities, so he ended up serving jail time. He won’t get out until next year.” He squeezed her hand, stunned that she still wanted to be close to him.

“What about your family? You said you left them behind.”

“My parents thought I was traveling. To this day, they have no idea what happened to me during that ‘lost’ year. I never told my brothers either. They all probably think I had some kind of breakdown.”

“That’s not what I meant. I was asking how you could leave them. What could have possibly happened to make you want to leave your family behind?”

“You’re the first person to ever ask me that. The only one who could see inside me and figure out that there was more to the story.”

Kay smiled and put a warm palm on his cheek. “I’ve seen you with your family. You adore them. Especially your mom.”

“Yes. I do.” Eli’s throat tightened. Images of his mom, frightened and hurt, flashed through his mind. “I saw something happen to my mom… Has Jackson ever mentioned our cousins? The ones that live on the west side of New Haven?”

“I’ve met a few. The tall, handsome one that’s a doctor was at the Memorial Day party.”

Eli gritted his teeth. “Handsome, huh?”

Kay bit her lip and grinned at him. He could tell she was trying to defuse the tension in the room. “Well, you Alexanders are known for having pretty good genetics.”

Eli grunted. “Yeah, yeah. Anyway, we all grew up together. Uncle Stewart is the oldest. My father was the second child, then Aunt Maria, and last is Uncle Gordon. He’s the drifter. Every five years or so, he’ll blow through town and then back out again just as fast.”

“If your father was the second son, why did he inherit the farm?”

Eli raised his eyebrows. “Your guess is as good as mine. Apparently Uncle Stewart felt the same way because they haven’t gotten along since. However, for the sake of us kids, they always tried to keep their feud as civil as possible.

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