Do Unto Others (21 page)
Authors: Jeff Abbott
“I don’t want you to forget Lloyd,” Bob Don murmured. “I don’t want to forget him either. I just want … I just want a chance to be a father to you, too.” He opened his eyes, searching for the copies of them in my face. “You’re a lucky fella, y’know. Not many folks get a chance to have two daddies that love ’em. I do love you, Jordy, very much. I always have and no matter how you feel about me, I always will.”
I couldn’t answer. My own tears flooded my eyes and I stared down at the sheets covering his wounded body.
“Excuse me, Mr. Poteet?” a nasal voice screeched. I looked up, blinking. A bone-thin nurse frowned at me, glancing between me and Bob Don. I recognized her as a regular customer from the library—she liked historical novels. “Are you supposed to be in here, Mr. Poteet?” she demanded, sounding irritated. “Are you immediate family to Mr. Goertz?”
I blinked away tears and my hand found Bob Don’s. I cleared my voice before I answered. “Yes, ma’am, I am.”
A Ballantine Book
Published by The Ballantine Publishing Group
Copyright © 1994 by Jeff Abbott
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 94–94420
eISBN: 978-0-307-55567-0
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