Inara had been home for about four hours when the call she had been expecting finally came through. She was already having lunch, another diet dish consisting of a cup of coffee and two drumsticks.
It surprised her that the thought of cheating on her diet had long since disappeared, which was a good thing. Otherwise, now that Lemuel was not around, she would have found a way to cheat which wouldn’t have helped her in the end but only spoil her chances of success and put her in trouble with him.
She brought the phone up to her ear, her food secondary now. She really missed him. She had never thought that she would. Things did change.
“Hello.”
“How are you baby girl?”
Inara caught herself blushing. A secret she had been hiding was that his deep distinct voice on the phone often made her
