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been true ,” Jameson sighed deeply. Candace let out a
nervous breath. Her heart ached for Jameson, for Jameson’s innocence. “I didn’t
kick him. I didn’t scream. I cried. I just cried, but even when I was crying…I
still…he touched me and it…”
    “Jameson,” Candace said
softly. “He had no right to take that from you. And, you can’t always control
what your body does, love.”
    “I should have. How could
he have? How could I have? I just…”
    Candace kissed Jameson’s
forehead. “I’m sorry, sweetheart. I am so sorry that anyone hurt you that way.”
    Jameson nodded as a tear
rolled over her cheek. “It’s easier for me to make love to…”
    “I know that,” Candace
said.
    “But, with you…I want you
to take me there. I know that you will…”
      “Sweetheart, you don’t ever have to be or feel
anything with me that is not honest. You know that; don’t you?’
      “Yes, I do,” Jameson promised.
    “Good. I’m not perfect. I
know there are times that something I say or something I do will hurt you.”
    “Candace.”
    “Listen. It’s true. We
both know that. The last thing I ever want is to see you hurt.”
    Jameson smiled. “I know.
I feel the same way.”
    “I want you to feel
safe.”
    “I do,” Jameson said.
“That’s the point. I’ve never felt safer. Not ever.”
    Candace kissed Jameson
and pulled her closer. “Thank you for sharing that with me.”
    “There isn’t anything I
don’t want to share with you.”
      “Sometimes, Jameson, I can’t remember what it
was like without you here. I don’t want to imagine what it would be like now.”
    “Well, there would be no
cats and your roof would probably be leaking by now.”
    Candace chuckled as
Jameson snuggled into her embrace. “You really are a lunatic sometimes.”
    “You love lunatics.”
    “Yes, I guess I do.”

Chapter Three
    Candace wandered into the
kitchen and stopped to watch Jameson talking to Jinx.
    “Your
mommy said yes, you know?” Jameson said to the cat at her feet. “That means you
are both stuck with me now. So, now you really get two mommies, just like every
other kid, or well, kitty in your case.”
    Candace
leaned in the doorway and smiled. “Should I call the lawyer and draw up the
adoption papers?” Candace asked.
    Jameson
stood up and turned to her lover. “You would let me adopt Jinx? Really?”
Candace shook her head and closed the distance between them. She kissed Jameson
on the cheek and headed for the coffee pot. “So? What are your plans for the
day?” Jameson asked.
    “Actually,
I was going to ask you that.”
    “Hadn’t
really thought about it. I told my dad I’d call him later. Things sort of took
an unexpected turn last night,” Jameson said.
    “Oh?”
Candace asked. “What things might those be?”
    “Well,
I woke up thinking about trimming tree branches and I fell asleep thinking
about weddings.”
    Candace
sat down at the table and sipped her coffee. “Jameson, out of curiosity; when
did you decide to propose?”
    Jameson
shrugged. “Truthfully?” she asked. Candace nodded. “Uh…well…”
    “Jameson?”
    “Okay.
I bought the ring when you went back to Washington after New Year’s.”
    Candace
was stunned. “Jameson, are you telling me you have been keeping that ring since
our first month together?” Candace asked. Jameson shrugged again. “You’re
serious.”
    Jameson
sat down across from Candace and sighed. “I don’t know. I just knew someday I
would need it. I just didn’t know when that someday would be.”
    Candace
laughed. “You are a hopeless romantic, Jameson Reid.”
    “Not
really. I knew it would be a while. I thought about asking you on the Fourth of
July. That’s when I had the fortune cookie made.”
    Candace
grinned. “Really?”
    “Yeah.
I chickened out.”
    “Why?”
    “Why?
What would you have said?” Jameson wondered.
    “I
would have said the same thing I said last night.”
    “Really?”
Jameson was surprised.