Altered Allies_A Short Story by Tara Sue Me & Cat Waters

Author:Tara Sue Me & Cat Waters [Me, Tara Sue & Waters, Cat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781516376858
Goodreads: 38923187
Publisher: Tara Sue Me
Published: 2015-09-21T00:00:00+00:00

True to his word, William didn’t bring up sex again. He didn’t go to her room. And, as far as she knew, he didn’t bring any more women over to indulge in sexy kinkfests. In fact, he acted like the perfect gentleman.

It was horribly frustrating.

What he did do was completely obliterate any remaining preconceived notion she had about what or how he should be.

He started his day by eating breakfast with his grandmother. Three weeks after she was hired, she always knew he’d make it to Eleanor’s room first. But one particular day, he wasn’t there.

“Good morning, Eleanor.” She put the breakfast tray down and helped the older woman sit up. “Where’s William?”

“He said he had to look for something.”

She couldn’t imagine what he had to look for that would keep him from feeding his grandmother breakfast. He did own a large corporation, though, and he’d been home a lot lately. It was only sensible that he’d have to put in some time at the office.

Putting him away from her mind, she feed Eleanor and read to her. Emma didn’t like to admit it, but the older lady was fading fast. It hurt her heart, even though she’d told herself not to get attached, she had.

She looked over to the bed and saw Eleanor had a faraway look, but was mouthing along with each word Emma read from Little Women. But her lips…they looked a bit chapped. Emma put a bookmark to keep her place and looked for the lip balm.

She couldn’t find it.

“Did your lip balm grow legs and walk away?” she asked Eleanor.

“Oh, right. That’s where he went.”

Emma looked up from the bedside drawer she was searching through. “Who?”

“William.”

Which didn’t make sense, so Emma changed the subject and before long, Eleanor fell asleep.

William appeared in his grandmother’s room at one that afternoon. He rushed in, shrugging out of his coat. “How is she?” He stood by Eleanor’s bed, a small paper bag clutched in his hands and tears gathering in his eyes.

“She’s weaker. Been asleep most of the day.”

“William?” Eleanor slowly woke up. “Did I hear you?”

He brushed her forehead and leaned down. “You did. I finally made it back. And victory,” he opened the bag, “is ours.”

Emma shifted to see what he was holding. It looked like….lip balm?

“You found it?” Eleanor said.

“One store in the city sells it. I called and they said they’d hold it for me if I came today.” He gently applied the balm to his grandmother’s lips. “Better?”

Eleanor smiled. “Much. Thank you. You always were such a sweet boy. Remember…”

William took her hand and sat down while she told him of the past she seemed to live in more often. Even after went back to sleep, he remained by her side, lightly stroking her hand.

Emma swallowed around the lump in her throat. “Where did you go?”

He kept his eyes on the sleeping woman while he answered. “She likes this particular lip balm. I thought we had more or I would have ordered some. There’s only one store that carries it.

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