The Memory of You by Laurie Kellogg

Author:Laurie Kellogg
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
ISBN: 9781470009663
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2012-04-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Matt bit the inside of his lip to stop himself from cheering.

Abby held Tommy’s chin, her eyes blazing. “I don’t like your behavior one bit, young man. You either change your attitude, or you’ll be going to bed right after dinner.”

“Then I’m not gonna play you the song I was makin’ you.”

“Tommy,” Matt snapped. “You owe your mother an apology. You’re not being nice.”

The child stared down at his plate and muttered, “Sorry.”

Abby turned to Matt, ice chips glittering in her gaze. “You and I are going to talk later.”

Shit. What the hell was he doing? She had good reason to be annoyed by his interference. If he didn’t back off, she might kick him right out on his ass.

As soon as they finished dinner, Tommy dashed back into the living room. Royce stood next to the piano, nagging his friend, “Come on, you’ve been doin’ that all day. Let’s go play.”

“No. I wanna to do this. I almost got it.”

Abby slammed the cabinet doors and ignored Matt while she banged the pots and scraped food from the plates. He snickered inwardly. What a happy little family they made. Maybe Robert was actually getting the short end of the deal.

As Matt wiped off the table, he froze at a familiar combination of notes. He had trouble identifying the tune at first, but after Tommy went through it a few times at the proper tempo, Matt realized he was playing In My Life.

Abby grabbed his arm, her eyes wide. “Do you hear that? Did you show him how to play it?”

Matt stared at her in shock while the image of him sitting in a movie theater, attempting to seduce a younger Abby, flashed through his head. He tried to capture the fleeting memory, but it vanished as fast as it came.

What had he felt toward her? If he had to guess, roughly the same as he felt about her now. Amused, fascinated—and incredibly horny.

“Mac, are you listening? You’re spacing out on me again.”

“Huh? What’d you say?”

“Did you teach him that?”

“No. He’s playing it by ear. It’s a fairly simple tune. But still, he’s only six.” They wandered into the living room, and he patted his son’s back. “Hey, Buddy, that’s great.”

Tommy grinned up at him. “It’s my daddy’s song.”

He drew his eyebrows together and turned to Abby. “What’s he mean it’s his daddy’s song?”

“Matt and I heard it in the theater on our first date.”

“The Beatles haven’t recorded much I don’t like,” he murmured under his breath. He remembered saying it, only he couldn’t recall the incident.

“What’d you say?”

He dragged his attention back to Abby. “Huh? Oh, nothing. I want to try something.” He slid onto the piano bench next to his son. “Tom, I’ve got a game you’ll like. Turn around with your back to the keyboard. I’ll hit a key, and you tell me which note it is. Okay?”

“Okay.” His son smiled. “I can do that.”

Matt sucked in his cheeks, amused. “I bet you can.”

He played a G and Tommy called it correctly.

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