Chapter Twenty-One
“What is this?” I asked later as I sat up in Josh’s bed, holding a book he had given me in my hand. The title read Bounded by the Bond, a plain black cover with white lettering. I quickly flipped the pages; it was a relatively long book, over 400 pages. I opened to the front page. Imbedded in the dedication, it said: In loving memory of Jayden. “Didn’t we go over this? I don’t read. This is what you lured me here for? To give me a book?”
He sat down on the bed next to me and planted a kiss on my lips. “No, I lured you here for the amazing s*x we just had, and the hand job in the restaurant was an added bonus. But yes, this is what I told you I got for you.”
I looked down at the book again, a memory flurrying back to me. My heart fell into my stomach when I could pictu
