After installing the security for their client, Kip returned to the agency to find John and Carol chatting about a local film festival that was coming up in two weeks. From the expression on John’s face when he saw him, Kip knew he’d been successful in his mission.
“Smith wasn’t happy at first,” John said when Kip asked. “Okay, that’s putting it mildly. He was furious and wanted me to drag her home if necessary. Then I explained a few facts of life to him, like her being a lesbian was not a choice, and that if I even tried to make her go home she’d vanish and he might never see her again. When I asked him if he loved her he broke down and said ‘More than anything. She makes my life special. Mine and her mother’s.’ After that it was a piece of cake. I went back to where she and the girlfri
