Chapter 9 #3
“I did. Not only did I know where he was this time, but what he was thinking. I’ve never had that before.
” Serenity asked what he wanted. “He just wants to be himself, and that’s being a woman.
I don’t know why he wants that; he has no feelings of sexual pleasure from what he wants.
He just wants to be a woman in his own way and leave the others around him alone.
I think he’s saddest because he has to leave Margo.
Her rules are what are keeping him from doing what he wants. ”
“That’s so sad.” It was, and Sherman would have been the first to admit that. “It’s too bad they can’t work things out instead of just running away.”
They talked about the couple as they walked back to their home.
Ace went to the office as he had plenty of work going on to keep him busy.
Sherman had plenty to do as well, but his wasn’t as pressing.
Besides, he wanted to spend the day with his mate and get to know her better.
It was then that he realized that he’d been in love with her since the very beginning, and he couldn’t have been happier.
Going into the house, he realized that he’d not checked up on things for Ace in a while and decided to get on to that.
He opened his computer and found that he had fifty unanswered emails.
Since he’d been out of his office for the last several days, he caught up on his email and things that were left on the burner for a while.
There was enough on his plate right now to keep him busy for a few days, but he paced himself.
Getting more than half of the emails answered and taken care of, Sherman went to find Serenity.
“I was just looking for you.” She smiled at him as she handed him a freshly baked cookie. “I got into the mood to bake something for us to snack on, and chocolate chip cookies won out on what to bake.”
He ate the still-hot cookie and told her that it was delicious.
Taking a second off the cooling rack, he got himself a glass of milk and a glass of tea for Serenity.
They both ate several of the treats while they downed their drinks.
He was putting away the milk when she asked him what he was going to do now that his power had changed.
“You mean in finding people?” She nodded.
“I don’t know. I guess if anyone calls for me to find someone, I’ll play it by ear.
That’s the first call I’ve gotten in about six months.
I doubt people want to believe that there are people out there who can find someone when they run off.
Did you get any more magic from us making love?
I know that with us bonding, you’re supposed to get something. ”
“Have you ever found out that someone has died?” He said not yet, but he wasn’t looking forward to that.
“I don’t blame you. It would freak me out to be able to do that.
But in answer to your question, no, I’ve not discovered anymore magic.
But then I’ve not tried all that hard to figure it out.
” She looked at him, and he smiled. “I have to admit that I’m still sore. How about you?”
“Not nearly as sore as I’m betting you are.” He took her hand into his and kissed her fingers. “I loved making love to you. It was the best sex I’ve ever had.”
“And the last sex you’ll ever have if you step out on me.” They both laughed, and she wondered again if he would ever leave her. “You said that we’d be together for life. How does that work with us being immortal? Do you suppose you’ll ever get tired of me? I mean, forever is a long time to go.”
“Never. I love you more daily. And will love you more in the future. You make me want to be a better man as well.” She squeezed his hand and told him that she loved him too.
“Good. Tonight we’re going to go out to dinner and maybe see a movie.
I don’t have any idea what’s playing, but we’ll have a good time. ”
Since they’d eaten so late at the Den, they decided not to go out to dinner.
But they did make plans to go to the movies.
They were just going to show up around ten o’clock and get into whatever was playing at the time.
It was a risk, but fun too. As soon as they were ready to go, Ace asked if he could join them.
Leaving it up to Serenity, she said that she’d love for him to come with them, and he was willing to do what they were doing.
Just see whatever they wanted when they got there.
The movie turned out to be fairly good. Not only did they all enjoy it, but they stayed late to watch it again.
It was nearly four in the morning when they got back home, and none of them was sorry for it.
As soon as they were in the house, Sherman decided that they were going to get up early and go to the Clover Key to get their Saturday morning breakfast buffet.
He’d never done it before, but thought that it could be fun.
The breakfast was more than they could have hoped for.
It was not only really good, but there was plenty of it to go around.
He was surprised at how many people came to the little place, and he was happy that they’d be coming back.
After their fill, the two of them went home to take a nap.
They’d been doing that more and more often since living together, and he loved it.
After waking up, the two of them went into town to meet with Ace.
He’d been working on projects all morning and was now at a point where he needed help.
There were all kinds of loans out there that he could apply for, but since Sherman had been doing so well at them, getting them the much-needed money, he asked him to come by and fill out the applications for help.
He couldn’t believe how many small business loans were out there for little towns that needed a boost.
“I’ve been filling them out for so long that I have everything memorized for what to put in each space.
” Serenity thought that it was great that they were doing so well as a team, so she asked to join them.
Setting her up with a computer and showing her how to search for them, she was having a good time as he was.
When she came across something that was easy to use, she would call one of them to her computer, and they’d fill it out.
They had a great system going. And he was glad that Serenity seemed to be enjoying herself.
“I need to get back to working on my own projects. Now with everything settling down, I have more time than I had before.” She was clicking on things when he went to stand behind her.
“I could be working right now, and I should be. I just hope I have a job after all the time I’ve had to take off.
I don’t know what I’d do without working something. ”
“You could branch out on your own?” Serenity said she’d been thinking about that too. “Good. You do whatever you need to do to get yourself started, and we’ll work from there. If they want to keep you on while you live here, that would be even better.”
They talked about her job working in New York, and she decided to wait until Monday to call and see if she was still able to work.
While she’d been off for a while, all of it had been to cover what was going on in her personal life.
She’d buried two sisters in less than a few months apart, and now she was going to be able to take care of herself.
Just as she was going to make notes on what to say, Sherman told her about the money they had.
“I have money too. About four million. I’ve been saving it up to buy myself a place in Upstate. Now that I don’t have to, I can find myself something here to work from.” Sherman asked her what she really wanted to do. “Work. I really need to work.”
“I know that feeling.” They talked about buildings in the downtown area where she could work even if the place she’d been working didn’t want her to come back. “You find what you need, and I’ll support you all the way. I know you would me.”
“I would and I will.” Kissing her, he helped her find the realtor’s site and told her the name of the realtor that had worked with him when finding his house.
As soon as she made contact with her, Sherman left her alone.
This was going to be up to her to figure out, and he was happy that they were going to be working together while having a house of their own to live from.