All The Things: The Last Thing He Needs Omnibus by J.H. Knight

Author:J.H. Knight [Knight, J.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-08-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Two

Tommy

The smell of dinner still hung in the air when Tommy and Bobby came into the living room an hour later. The kids had eaten, the twins toddled around, Davey and Collin finished their homework, and Carrie sat on the couch, braiding her hair. Mike had texted while they were on the way home, said he decided to sleep over at his friend’s house, which wasn’t really like him, and Tommy couldn’t decide if it was a good thing, that he was finally doing normal shit like every other kid his age, or if he should be worried Mike was out getting into trouble. Which would also be kind of normal, but either way, he figured he couldn’t really do anything about it, so he just texted back: Don’t be late for school tomorrow and make sure you get your homework done.

Which was stupid, honestly. Of all the kids, Mike and probably Carrie were the two he never really needed to remind about anything.

Mike’s response was quick and simple: Will do. And done. Say goodnight to everyone for me.

Judy smiled when they walked in, put a plate in the microwave. “I saved you some,” she said, then nodded to the twins. “They didn’t want to take their baths until you got home.” Any annoyance at their stubbornness was covered up by her fond expression. Tommy could identify. Yeah, babies that age were kind of a pain in the ass, but his were pretty okay.

He picked Max up as soon as he was in reach, settled at the kitchen bar with him as the microwave dinged. “Were you a good boy?” he asked, and Max nodded. Judy shot him a look, which told Tommy Max was probably an unholy terror, but he didn’t press for details. Instead, he kissed the top of Max’s head and thanked Judy when she set a plate in front of him.

“You didn’t get a haircut,” she pointed out.

“The only places open wanted fifty bucks for it. I’ll do it myself.”

Max nodded his agreement, even if he didn’t know what he was agreeing with, and reached for a potato on Tommy’s plate.

“Didn’t you get enough at dinner?” Tommy asked, cutting his food into smaller pieces and sliding some closer to Max on the plate.

“Is good,” Max said with a nod before stuffing some into his mouth.

“Yeah it is,” Tommy said with a squeeze for Max, even though he hadn’t tasted it yet.

Bobby, in a fresh hoody and thick socks, took a seat next to him, picked up Zoe when she waddled over to him. She was more polite and waited for him to offer her something from his own plate. She didn’t refuse it, though.

“Did you two get everything sorted out?” Judy asked, leaning across from them with a glass of wine.

Tommy shrugged. Did they? Not really. He was still unsettled and a little annoyed. “Nah.”

“Some,” Bobby countered. “We don’t know where we want the wedding, but we know we don’t want the courthouse. We know we don’t want to dump a bunch of money on it, but we want something nice.

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