“I was afraid you weren’t coming home for the holidays.”“I needed to come home to see you,” he said, pulling her into a kiss.When he finally...let go of her, Abigail was standing two feet away.“Abigail?” he said.“Hey, Bobby. It’s been a while,” Abbi said as she walked up to him, leaned in, and gave him a long, hot kiss.Seeing the shocked look on Maddi’s face, Abbi grinned. “What? Bobby wasn’t my first, but he managed to get into my pants plenty of times when we were in high school.”Madison. “Problems, sister-wife?” Magda asked.“Sorta-kinda yes. Get up, we’re heading back, cleaning up, and going to Dominique’s.”ThadAlan had called and told him the news.He wished he hadn’t seen it coming, but he knew Alan’s views, as well as how much opposition there was to the idea in the rest of the Hold.The call to Margo had been short, and full of profanity on her end ... which was to be expected.None of it helped the very real headache he had, a headache begun by dead ends in the search for the. ”“That’s true. In fact, other than the wild night, I don’t think you’ve used your bed!”“Not true,” she replied with a smile. “I took a nap the other day, remember? Is that an concern? I think I’ll have to use it on Saturday night, though.”“That’s true, given Kathy will be here. Unless you want to join us!” I smirked.“If you ask me to, I will. I told you. Anything,” she said, her voice toned down. “But I’d really rather not, for the reasons you already know.”“Keeping it quiet and you have no. ” “Well, and don't take this the wrong way, but if you'd like, I could pick you up on my way home on Fridays. You normally stay the whole weekend, right? Then you could bring your books, work on your studies, and get school done and move on with your life.” “I could never impose like that, I'll be ok.” “No, I insist. I'd appreciate the company. How about this? You can pay me back by taking breaks from your work to sit and have coffee and chat with me. I get so bored upstairs by myself, and it.