Run (The Tesla Effect #2) by Julie Drew

Author:Julie Drew [Drew, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780692345405
Amazon: 069234540X
Publisher: Ring of Fire Publishing
Published: 2014-12-04T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

Greg Abbott sat at the kitchen table, his newspaper open, folded back and held in one hand, with a steaming mug of coffee in the other while he read. The morning sun shone in through the windows, and despite the frost that still blanketed the lawn, his overall feeling was one of hope and renewal—an attitude more commonly associated with spring than the decay and inevitable onslaught of winter.

He paused in his reading, laid the paper down on the table and took a sip of his coffee, while a hint of a smile played around the corners of his mouth. Last night had been—well, exactly what he’d needed, and didn’t happen nearly often enough.

No sooner had he come to that conclusion, accompanied by a determination to change things on that score, than he heard a sound and looked up to see Jane Doane walking into the room.

A smile broke across his otherwise ordinary-looking face, making him handsome, his happiness contagious. “Good morning,” he said.

Jane responded in a whisper as she grabbed the back of a chair and leaned down to slip on the sensible heels she’d carried into the room, “Yes. Morning. I am so sorry about this. I overslept. He’s not up yet, is he? God, I can’t believe I fell back asleep. I was up most of the night, worrying. What do you think Tesla is doing back there—back then? Greg, what if she finds out? Any hope we have of her accepting this—accepting us—will pretty much be shot.”

Greg set down his coffee and stood up, walking around the table to where she stood, nervously twisting her fingers together. He put his hands on her upper arms. “Jane. We’ve been through this,” he said gently.

“I know. I know. But they’ve been through so much already. What if they hate it? Hate me?”

Greg’s hands dropped away from her. “That could never happen. How could it? They already love you.”

“Greg, I’m not an idiot. I appreciate the reassurance, but you know as well as I do that loving me as good old Aunt Jane is not the same thing as loving me as the woman who wants to take their mother’s place. With them, and with you.”

He took her in his arms then, and held her tightly, kissed the top of her sleek, dark hair, the upper edge of her ear. “I know. But how long do we have to wait?”

Jane extricated herself from his embrace, pulled her navy suit jacket back into place, and smoothed her short hair back behind her ears. “As long as it takes,” she said with absolute conviction. “I would do anything for them. For this family.”

“I know,” Greg said quietly. “You proved that long ago, but it’s time to put all of that behind us. Now we—”

“Hey,” said Max as he walked into the kitchen and headed directly for the refrigerator. “You’re here early, Aunt Jane.”

“Yes, I needed to discuss some things with your father, and figured I’d stop by before some meetings I have across town this morning.

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