Indemnity: Book Two: Covenant of Trust Series Read Free Page B

before she uttered them.
    “ I agree with Glen,” Gavin said. “You have to get some proof about this boy. There’s no sense worrying over speculations—”
    “ Gavin!” Rita broke in, “Bobbi just said she doesn’t want Chuck around this woman. How can you even suggest—”
    “ I’ll go with him.” Gavin frowned, his brow furrowed. “She’s baiting Chuck. She wants to see him, and she knew this would get his attention.”
    “ Oh, it got my attention all right,” Chuck muttered.
    Bobbi twisted on the sofa to look at Gavin. “Have you forgotten she sued Chuck for a quarter of a million dollars? Why would she want to see him all of a sudden?”
    “ Is it about money?” Rita asked. “Like she regrets dropping the lawsuit and this is all part of a shakedown? Maybe the kid’s not even Chuck’s.”
    “ She’s not getting his money,” Bobbi said, crossing her arms. “She’s not getting anything from him.”
    “ I don’t think she’ll go away until she sees him,” Gavin, the traitor, said with a shrug.
    Chuck moved over to sit on the coffee table in front of Bobbi, and took her hands in his. “I trust Gavin and Glen with my life.”
    “ Do you trust them with mine?” Bobbi said. “See, it’s not just you. This is going to impact our whole family. It scares me to death.”
    “ If Gavin goes with me, I think it’ll be okay.”
    “ It sounds like you want to see her.” Bobbi pulled her hands away. “Are you trying to prove something?”
    “ I don’t want her showing up at school or here at the house. I want to call the shots on this, take the fight to her.”
    Bobbi looked at Chuck then at Gavin, and sighed deeply. He had outmaneuvered her again. Case closed.
    Chuck leaned forward to kiss her, and she turned her cheek to him. “Mom? Rita? You agree?”
    “ This is Bobbi’s call,” Rita said. “I don’t want her hurt again.” Bobbi wondered if Chuck picked up the subtle threat in her voice.
    “ Nobody does,” Chuck said. “Mom?”
    “ Does this have to be done now? Today?” Ann asked, frowning. “I doubt the girl rolled into town last night and set this all up today. Couldn’t you take a few days, think about it, pray about it, and consider all your options?”
    Bobbi almost smiled. He couldn’t argue with that one. But he did. He shook his head and emphatically answered, “No.”
    “ Why not?” Bobbi demanded.
    “ You want me to wait around for parent orientation night? Let her breeze into your classroom? I won’t give Tracy the opportunity to catch you at school or anywhere else. Not after that ambush at the coffee shop.”
    “ Son, things are not always what they seem, and there are some very unstable young women out there.”
    Was Tracy unstable?
    “ She’s not like that,” Chuck said.
    “ How can you be sure?” Bobbi asked. “You don’t know anything about her.”
    “ I know Tracy.”
    “ No, you just slept with her,” Bobbi muttered.
    “ I don’t need you to remind me of that,” Chuck said, his voice low, his eyes locked on hers.
    “ Then how about this one? You have a son with her. She will never go away. Going to confront her tonight, next week, or next month won’t solve anything.” Bobbi stood and started to walk away, but then she turned back to him. “ She has the child. She’s calling the shots.”
    “ Then dropping this boy in your class is her opening move. Now I have to respond.”
    “ You’re not gonna let this die, are you?” Bobbi said with too much frustration. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. What was she doing? Having it out with her husband, here, in front of everyone. Ashamed at her loss of poise, and obviously outgunned, she relented. “Go ahead, but take Gavin.”
    “ Of course,” Chuck said, and then he turned to Gavin. “Shannon goes to bed at eight. I’ll pick you up after that.”
    “ All right,” Gavin nodded.
    “ Folks, let’s pray over these guys, and remember to be praying at eight o’clock