She feigned yawning, and we both laughed for a minute. I asked her if she wanted to smoke one, and she said, “Yes, of course!” I stood up, and hea...ed back to the bedroom for my stash. As I entered my room, I realized that Renee had followed me back there. She had been back there a number of times obviously, but never had we been alone together. We both sat on the bed as I packed my glass pipe. We passed the pipe back and forth a few times, and laughed it up like usual. After we finished, I. "Oh hello! I'm so glad you've finally come. I've been expecting you all morning," the lively blonde said, her brown eyes dancing. "And you must be Sarah!" she took the younger girl's hand and shook it, holding it for a minute longer than necessary.Sarah's gave the lady a cool look of appraisal. She felt the spike heel of Ms. Troy's shoe bite into her toe and forced a small smile. This woman already annoyed her."Please, come in. I've made some snacks," she began to try to lead them into the. "I noticed Mom looking back and forth between us. "Mom?" I asked."I was just thinking. I've never seen you like this. I never thought I would see you like this." She looked at Sheila. "I don't think words can express how thankful I am that you came into his life."Poor Sheila looked flummoxed. "I don't know what to say." You don't have to say anything," Mom said. "Look, let's all go in the living room," she said. We did, Mom and Dad in their favorite chairs, Sheila and I together on the. He dropped a light kiss on her cheek before walking towards me and pulling the door shut behind us. As soon as we were in the hallway, Cade had me in his arms, kissing me with a passion that I had never experienced before. Cade and I had never been apart for this long before. His other tours across seas had been interrupted with small trips home, making it not quite as bad. In one graceful move, Cade swung me up into his arms, without breaking the kiss. My arms were wrapped tightly around his.