Read Online SEPARATED: CONCLUSION TO UN-RELATED by Kimberly Schwartzmiller - Free Book Online Page B

said, “I hope Stephanie knows how wonderful you are. You’re not a substitute for anything…I’m sorry that I made you feel that way.”
    “No tears, Abigail! We’re good friends now, and I can live with that.”
    I watched him walk away and realized I was so happy he was home, if only for a short time.             
                 
    “Why did you call Tyler?” I asked Kellan that evening.
    “I didn’t want you to be alone for Thanksgiving. I hate that I’m not going to be there.”
    “Me, too! But, you didn’t have to call Tyler…”
    “Don’t you want to go?”
    “I don’t want to stay here alone, missing you.”
    “Then you should go. Have fun. Eat some turkey for me.”
    “Are you sure you don’t mind? What are you doing?”
    He sighed and said, “I was going to talk to you about that , too. I’m going to Margot’s…if that’s okay with you?”
    I thought about it for a second and I figured if he could trust me with Tyler, then I should be able to trust him with Margot…although I hadn’t slept with Tyler. “It’s fine. If we can’t be together for Thanksgiving, then we should be with friends. Have fun…but, not too much fun,” I said, and then regretted it. 
    “Abby, I swear…”              
    “I know, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said that. I didn’t mean it. I’m just jealous that she gets to be with you tomorrow.”
    “I’ll call you tomorrow night, okay?”
    “Okay. Goodnight. Oh, wait, if you were planning on going to Margot’s for Thanksgiving, why did you tell me to eat some turkey for you?”
    “Margot’s a vegetarian. I’m pretty sure we’re going to have Tofurkey,” he said, as if just the mention of the word left a bad taste in his mouth.
    “Tofurkey? Okay, I’ll eat some turkey for you…I um, I’ll talk…to you tomorrow,” I said, and quickly hung up to run to the bathroom to vomit, once again. 
    I got back into bed and my mind drifted to my much earlier conversation with Justin. I actually smiled when I remembered him telling me he thought I was pregnant. If he only knew that Kellan wouldn’t even kiss me before I was on birth control, he’d have laughed, too. I put my hand to my belly and imagined carrying Kellan’s baby…someday. I fell back to sleep and managed to sleep through my alarm and finally woke to loud knocking at my front door.
    “Abby, where are you?” Tyler yelled.
    I sat up in bed quickly, which sent my head reeling. I waited for my head to stop spinning for a few seconds and then ran to the door.
    “I’m sorry, I over-slept.”
    Tyler looked at me just like he used to, but then caught himself. “Um, still wearing Kellan’s old shirts to bed, huh?”
    I smiled, “Yeah, I guess I’ve kind of outgrown them, but I love them anyway.”
    “Yeah, they work,” he sighed. 
    “ Tyler…”
    “Hey, I told you, I’ll always love you. Now go get dressed, my mom’s cooked up a storm; yams, turkey, stuffing…”
    The mention of food sent me running to the bathroom. I barely made it to the toilet in time to throw up…or dry heave, as I hadn’t kept anything down in a while.
    Tyler was standing in the doorway, helpless. 
    I finished retching and found my way to the sink.
    “God, Abby, how long has this been going on?”
    “I told you, a month or two. I can’t get rid of this bug.”
    “Um, a bug? Are you sure that’s all it is?”
    “Yeah, why?”
    He looked at me strangely. “No reason. Are you feeling better now, or do you want me to stay with you here , today?”
    “No, I’ll be fine. I feel better already.”
    “You and Kellan were like…careful, right?”
    “What?”
    “Never mind, it’s none of my business.”
    He was staring at my stomach, and Justin’ s words echoed through my head. “I’m not pregnant!”
    “I didn’t say you were,” he said, but looked away.
    “It was only one night, Tyler…I told you that.”
    “Did you read the book he bought