Laughing I say, “Why? I already live in paradise. Where she is, there is Eden.” I know it is a variance off a Mark Twain quote; probably very few people would know it. The original line reads as, Adam: Wheresoever she was, THERE was Eden. Kathryn pulls me into a long passionate kiss.
Joan groans, “There they go again. Poor Mom is never going to see my account information.”
Michelle asks, “You weren’t kidding about him making you a millionaire?”
Our three friends say simultaneously, “No.”
Once Kathryn and I finished our kiss I groaned, “Reporters, you have to prove everything to them.”
Kathryn and I take Misty and Marshall home, dropping them off at the small house, Joan is riding with Michelle as they follow us home. Once inside were met by an anxious Alyssa. Alyssa asks, “Is it true? Did you make Joan a millionaire today?”
Joan and Melissa come to the door. I opened it and let them in. I tell Alyssa, “Yes I did, now let me show you. Once I give Joan her password. Give us two minutes for Kathryn and me to do that.” Kathryn takes Joan’s hand and leads her to our room. We quickly log on showing Joan her password. We go downstairs to retrieve Alyssa and Michelle. Alyssa almost wants to run up the stairs, maybe we should have come back, the stress of waiting to see probably kept Alyssa distracted all afternoon.
An excited Alyssa sits down quickly by her daughter as Joan shows her the account pages and the total assets listing. Alyssa’s eyes go wide; I guess it is one thing hearing it; it’s something else to see. Alyssa wraps Joan in her arms as happy tears streamed down her face. Finally she pulls Joan up to stand and begins to jump lifting Joan off the floor. She shouts, “My baby’s rich.”
Kathryn rubs my shoulder, and then whispers, “JJ, we did good today.”
As the two dances away from the monitor, Michelle takes a look for herself. I notice she looks at two things on the account page date activated and deposits. Now Michelle a little wide-eyed looks at me and asks, “How much did you guys make today?”
Kathryn answers Michelle’s question, “fourteen and a quarter million.” I simply have a look of pride on my face.
Michelle does something we been expecting since the coffee shop. I don’t think you need to be psychic to figure out what she will ask, what would you ask if you were in her shoes at that moment. Michelle asks, “May I join your class?”
Kathryn giggles before she says, “Been expecting that for over an hour now. Yes you may, but we’re getting married again tomorrow. The markets will be closed anyway. So on the fifth be here at nine o’clock.”
Michelle rushes and gives Kathryn a hug kisses her on the cheek before saying, “Thank you Kathryn.”
After that Kathryn and I run everyone else out of our room. Mom is even pull the curtains to and placed a note for us not to open them. Note on the bed reads, “Sorry but you only get to 11:30 tonight together. We couldn’t keep you apart on the first wedding so on this one. We’re doing everything by tradition.” Kathryn looks at the note then hands it to me with a frown. “That only gives us enough time to make love once and a short nap.”
With my shorts on the floor and stepping out I say to her, “Hurry up. I’ll be undressed in a second.”
Kathryn giggles and off comes her wrap quickly followed by her bikini. Fortunately for us Alyssa closed the door on the way out.
Kathryn and I do make love, I make her howl, and we both fall asleep. 11:30 comes too fast Mom, Alyssa and Helen wakes us. We reluctantly dress and say good night to each other as Kathryn leaves for the rest of the night.
Almost an hour later Mom knocks on my door, she walks in the find me like she did the last two nights Kathryn was away from me. I’m setting in front of the one large window that faces the Edward’s house. Mom asks, “You really can’t stand to be apart can you?”
I say, “I’m just not complete without her.”
Mom says, “She said the very same thing about you.”
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