I somehow managed to break away from him and cleared my throat. “Well, um, I should probably be heading home now.”
“Please stay, my sweet.” He stood up and offered his hand to me.
I took his hand and rose from the couch. “Leo, I can’t. We both know what that would lead to and I’m not ready for that. I need to clear my head and being alone helps me do that.” I raised my heels to kiss him on the cheek. “I really do appreciate everything you’ve done for me. I hope you know that. I’m so glad I don’t have to hide this from you anymore.”
“I am too.” He walked me to the door and pushed the elevator call button. When the doors opened he added, “?a?????ta ?µ??f? ?e???da µ?? .”
“That was beautiful. What does it mean?”
He smiled. “It’s Greek. It translates to, good night my beautiful fairy.”
I returned his smile as the doors closed.
Chapter 30
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I spent the following morning asking myself questions that I couldn’t answer. What am I going to do about Vance? Or Leo for that matter? What other powers do I have? How do I use them? How did my life become so complicated in such a short amount of time? My brain was running a marathon in my head with no finish line in sight. Around eleven, my buzzer rang.
“Who is it?” I asked.
“Hey Kar. It’s me Roxy. Is now a good time for me to come look around for my phone?”
I totally forgot about that. “Yeah, sure Roxy. C’mon up.”
She knocked on my door a couple of minutes later. “Hey Kar, I’m here.” She called.
I opened the door and noticed that no one was stationed out front. “Where’s Dex?” I asked.
“The big blonde guy?”
“Yeah.” I replied.
“Oh, he said he needed to run down to his car for something. He said he’d be right back.”
“Oh, okay.” I stepped aside. “Come in.”
Roxy walked through the door and looked around. “Wow!” She said. “Looks like you’ve been doing some remodeling. How the hell did you accomplish so much in one day?”
Shit! I didn’t even think about that when I told her she could come over. “Um…..I’ve been working on some new transformation spells. Pretty nice, huh?”
“I’ll say! Nice doesn’t cut it. You wanna come over and do my place next?” She winked.
“Yeah, sure.” I lied. “So, um….I haven’t really had the chance to look for your phone. With all the renovations I wouldn’t even know where to start.”
“That’s okay Kar. I’m sure it’s around here somewhere.” She started looking around the living room, and then back down the hall. “Are you here by yourself?” She asked. “I hope I’m not interrupting anything like Erica did yesterday morning.”
I blushed. “No, um, it’s just the two of us.”
She came back and sat on the couch. “I smell coffee. Do you have any left? I had a long night.”
“Sure.” I went into the kitchen to pour her a cup. “Do you take cream and sugar?”
“Yes, that’d be great.” She answered.
I walked into the living room and handed her a steaming mug of java. “So, do you want me to try calling your phone? Maybe we can find it that way.”
“No, that’s okay. It would have been out in the open if it were here. Do you mind if I just enjoy my coffee before taking off?”