Chapter 154. She Is Not Here

Marissa chuckled to herself as she remembered how he had tiptoed out of her room and down the stairs at dawn the following morning to avoid being seen by either Mama or Emma. He pleaded with her to go downstairs with him to open the door and she told him to conjure his fairy godmother to come and open the door for him after which she pointed to where the extra key was to him. He had given her a light spank on her butt before heading down with an "I love you" whispered into her ears.

Marissa could remember how at peace with the world she had felt then as she stretch her well-used body and smiled at his mischievousness. She had even begun to believe in his often-spoken I love yous.

Marissa sighed as she sat up, looking at his smooth well-muscled chest and she looked away as she felt a powerful urge to lay her head on his chest and unfold his arms around her with the belief that everything would be alright.

She shook her head to dislodge the fanciful thought from her m