A weekend with Paul without anyone bothering us was the most beautiful birthday gift ever. With Lena’s promise to guard her moon children, I could roam freely in the house without worrying about anyone coming to visit Paul. Without opening my eyes, I rolled off the bed, only to find out that Paul wasn’t in bed with me. Where could he be at this hour? I reached for my cellphone to check the time, only to be reminded that I had turned off my cellphone alarm for the first time after I got here. Still, I decided to get up because I knew that Jeremy would call me a little later to bug me about work. I climbed down from the bed and put on my nightdress robe to look for Paul. I went down to the living room and then to the kitchen, but I only found a long-stemmed white rose in the middle of th

