Page 126 of Taeja

Damon made her happier than she’d been in a long, long while.

And with the way they kissed each other hungry with passion, she knew she did the same for him.

They ran out of breath and broke free from the kiss, panting and smiling at each other.

“Baby,” he said, his voice making her warm and fuzzy on the inside. He was about to say something else when a beep captured his attention.

It took her a few seconds to find the monitor that Damon had his gaze set on. This sophisticated room was a tech freak’s wet dream.

“Damon, what happened?” Taeja asked, looking at the black screen that only had a loading bar with the word ‘Complete!’ written a few inches above it.

“We found your mother.”

The world stopped.

Taeja couldn’t breathe. She couldn’t hear. She couldn’t feel.

This was what she wanted for the longest time, and it was here now, but she didn’t know how to react.

Damon found Cassedi? Out of all the Cassedi Robinsons in the world?

Damon’s gentle touch beneath her chin brought her back to reality, turningher head to face him. “We don’t have to look at it if you aren’t sure about this.”

She forced down the lump forming in her throat. “No. I want to know if she’s okay.”

“Okay.” Damon gave her an encouraging smile. “Up.”

Taeja frowned. “Push we back over deh nuh. Yaa treat mi like sidegyal so?”

He chuckled and did as told. Taeja held him tightly as the chair rolled toward the desk. Damon stopped it with his foot before it could hit the desk, and she turned around on his lap to look at the monitors.

“Whenever you’re ready,” he whispered.

Taeja nodded, her eyes wide as she looked at the screen. What would she do if Cassedi was confirmed to be okay?

There was only one way to find out, and living in suspense did more harm than good.

“Okay,” she said on exhale. Her hand was sweating as she clicked the mouse, her heart pounding against her chest as the monitor loaded the search results.

22

She exhaled a longbreath. “She’s alive.”

“Were you expecting something different?” Damon asked.

“No… Yes… I don’t know.”

“Do you need a minute?”

“Yes… Thanks.”

“Okay,” Damon said. When she got up off him and took his seat, he gave her a smile of assurance. “I’ll be in the kitchen.”

Unable to move her tongue, Taeja nodded. She waited until the door closed before looking at the screen and exhaling another long breath.

Cassedi Robinson…

Damon found out everything about her.

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