The Last Goodbye (MM Romance) by T.J. Lorenzo

Author:T.J. Lorenzo [Lorenzo, T.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay romance, m m romance, mm romance, new adult romance, contemporary mm romance, romantic suspense
Publisher: T.J. Lorenzo
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

~Carter~

Finding myself under my father's roof again, I felt my head swimming. I was holding Jude upright, but I felt like I was the one who might fall. The air seemed too thick. The light shifted like it couldn't decided if it was lighting the past or the present.

As I walked through the front door of the house, I was five, rushing in and running into my mother's arms. She hugged me tightly and called me young man, because it made me feel grown up. Getting a kiss from her, smelling her perfume, I knew I was home.

Instead of my own mother, Jude's mother waited just inside. An anxious look on her face, she rushed forward then hesitated. Her blue eyes turned to me both grateful and imploring, and so much like Jude's.

Jude stuck to his story with his mother as well, and brushed off what happened as just a random attack. With Jude's mother walking ahead of us, I helped him to his room. It used to be one of the guest rooms and its furniture was pretty much the same.

The desk under the window used to be one of my favorite hiding places. When a bird built a nest in a tree right outside the window, I climbed on that desk watching and waiting for the eggs to hatch.

Jude's stuff was in the room now. His clothes hung in the closet and there were a lot of books everywhere. I guess he liked to read.

Jude's mom pulled back the cover from the neatly made bed and helped him to lie down. As he leaned back against the pillows, I could see how hard he worked to hide his pain from her. I wondered what else he was hiding, though this wasn't the time to ask him about it.

Now that I got him here, it was time for me to leave. I was about to let Jude know I was going, when I saw a shadow in the doorway. Turning, I was shocked to see an old man standing there, leaning heavily on the doorframe.

At first I didn't recognize him, but that changed in a flash and I thought my heart might stop beating. He wasn't really as old as he seemed at first. He was drawn and pale, and painfully thin. His brow furrowed, and his gaze shifted from me to Jude.

"I was going to tell you we have a visitor," Jude's mom said and looked from my father to me.

While I stood there stunned, Jude grabbed my hand like he was afraid I would flee from the house at the sight of my father. The truth was right now I couldn't budge an inch. All I could do was stare at my father like he was a ghost.

My father slowly made his way into the room and came over to stand over Jude's bed. After a brief look at me, Jude's mother went over to support his arm.

"What is this? What happened?" he asked Jude. He almost sounded like he was scolding a child.

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