Romance: The Second Chance - Contemporary Romance (Romance, Contemporary Romance, Suspense Romance Book 1) by Abraham Falls Read Free Book Online Page B

smile.
                  “No. I want you. Now.”
                  The focus. The lack of emotion. Was all overwhelming Abby. She needed to think fast, think of something, or else she'd be trapped.
                  “Alright Tucky, but just let me freshen up in the bathroom quick. I'm all sweaty from cooking dinner, and I don't want you to have to smell that.”
                  She prayed he bought it.
                  He looked around the floor of the room, as if mulling it over in his head. “Okay.” He finally said. “But hurry!”
                  He looked twitchy and uncertain, as though he thought someone was watching him. Completely out of touch with reality, and stuck in his own twisted drug-induced world.
                  “I will.” She said, as romantically as she could manage, and went back into the kitchen.
                  The back door.
                  She knew what she needed to do.
                  She crept out the back of the kitchen, making her way towards the back door. She couldn't hear anything, but she knew he was there. She edged her way along the wall until it turned into the back hallway, which, although it wasn't visible from the living room, connected to it at the end. He would hear her opening the door. She would have to be quick. She slipped off her shoes. They'd slow her down.
                  Abby tried to control her breathing, hoping she wasn't making as much noise as she thought. But she couldn't wait any longer. The time was now, and if she missed this opportunity, she may never get another.
                  Trembling, she slowly crept one eye around the corner, but couldn't see anything.
                  A little further... just a little... there .
                  There was no one near the door that she could see. Before she could psych herself out of it, she ran for it. She reached for the handle and gave it a swift turn.
                  It didn't budge.
                  Her heart sank, eyes shot wide open. She hadn't locked this door, meaning someone else had. Meaning Tucker had. Meaning he’d known that this might happen, and worse yet, expected it.
                  Before she could do anything more she heard his rough voice coming from the living room to her left. “Abby.” It made her blood run cold.
                  There he was. Standing. Preternaturally still... ready to pounce.
                  The hands that used to comfort and make her feel safe now twitched by his sides.
                  He shook his head.
                  “Wrong choice.”
                  Abby screamed.
                 
     

Chapter Six

                  O nce Abby had finished her shower, and her crying, she and Melody worked on a puzzle, drinking tea while Abby told her what had happened at the beach. She mentioned Molly, and how she had still yet to hear from her since she departed with the surfer, but figured she'd be receiving a call from her soon.
                  Then, Abby slipped. She let out that she’d run into Eli at the beach, and once she did, she had to confess the whole ordeal. Every heart-palpitating second of it. Including her promise to come by the café tomorrow for lunch.
                  Melody's eyes light up at that, and nothing Abby said was any use. Melody had a very high opinion of Eli, but not for the same reasons as everyone else. She didn't care that people called him a hero, or that he was handsome; what she admired most was the way he’d treated his late wife, Hannah. Melody explained that they’d moved here about 4 years ago, and bought the café, but that Hannah had been diagnosed with cancer shortly after and passed less than a year later. Melody watched as he stayed by her