Page 26 of The Soul that Redeems Me
J: Angry, confused, a little sad but she is starting to perk up. I’m going to the lobby to grab our dinner. I’ll text tomorrow. Give my love to Caroline and Lillian.
A: Will do. Send my love to Emily. Thank you, Josh.
Quickly, I walked out of the elevator and paid for our meal, letting the doorman know not to let anyone up that wasn’t on the approved list. I intend to find out how that drunk got into the building in the first place and if this building can’t keep her secure, I’ll move us somewhere that will!
Getting back on the elevator, I fired off a quick text to Jason as I hit a few random floors to slow my ascent. I needed to make sure we were on the same page before I returned to Emily. For the rest of the night, I wanted her to be happy and make a life list that fills all of her desires and dreams. I want to show her the world.
J: We need to talk in the morning. I am coming in long enough to finish what I was in the middle of tonight and then I’m turning everything over to Marcus to complete. I don’t want to be away from her for too long for a while.
Jason: Is everything okay?
J: She said she felt like she was being watched earlier before the incident with the drunk. I want to check into it and make sure it was him and not another threat.
Jason: 9 in my office
J: See you then.
I put my phone away as I unlocked the door and was greeted by both Emily and Jake when I walked in. They both appeared to be in better spirits than when I left a few minutes ago and I inquired about the sudden change.
“You seem happy. What’s different?”
“I feel so much better after telling you about not going back to school. I’m surprised Andrew didn’t lose his head over it but I think having Lillian has calmed him down considerably. I was expecting a fight and I’m shocked that everyone is so supportive. I guess I’m just excited about the future, for the first time ever!” she explained, a small bounce in her step showing me she was bursting at the seams with nervous energy.
I placed the food down and quickly picked her up and spun her around while she laughed and giggled, the sweet sound music-like to my ears. I slowed down the turning, trying to keep Jake from jumping too much, his happy bark sounding throughout the apartment. Placing her back on her feet, I kissed her with a passion I had been holding the reins on since the moment I met her.
As I held her neck with my hand, I dominated her mouth, pouring my relief, my lust, and my love into it. She reached her small arms around my neck and began moaning into my mouth, my cock becoming impossibly hard in my sweatpants. There was no denying the attraction I had for Emily when I pulled back from her and placed my forehead to hers, feeling the connection between our souls deeper than ever before.
She really was mine.
“Let’s eat dinner and get started on that list.” I winked as we sat down and began to eat. Every so often, I would catch her sneaking Jake a french fry and I had to laugh. That dog had her wrapped around his paw, and I couldn’t be happier.
Throwing away our take-out trash, I went to retrieve my journal to write her list in. This wasn’t a list that you write on a scrap piece of paper. This was something that you worked years on so it deserved to be in a safe place. Sitting down next to her, I opened the leather journal and found a couple of blank pages behind my list. I felt a confused look on my face as I flipped through it and realized I had accidentally skipped pages between my list and the thoughts I wrote down.
Even before I knew her, I must have known that these needed to be left blank for a reason. That reason is Emily, and the list that I will spend the rest of my life completing for her, hopefully adding to it until she runs out of things she wants to do. I want to look back when we are eighty and smile from our adventures, not regretting any of the things we may have missed out on.
“Well, how do we do this?” she asked, her happy voice giving me peace.
“We start listing things you want to do while you are still alive. Places you want to go, things you want to experience, people you would like to meet, goals you want to accomplish. Those kinds of things. Maddie wanted to skydive and Caroline had swamp airboat rides on her lists and we checked them off. “
“What’s on yours or are they private?” she inquired.
“They can be private but I’ve shown mine to them already. I would love for you to see what I hope we experience in our future.” I explained as I handed her the leather book and kissed her on the top of her head while she read through my list.
I saw her smile at a few and laugh at a couple more. Some of mine didn’t make any sense but they are things I want to try, at least once.
“Does this say, ‘train with a circus’?” she giggled, pointing at an entry.
“Yes, it does. Walking the tightrope, swinging on the trapeze. Sounds like fun and there is a place here that has classes. I was kind of hoping you would want to try it with me,” I sheepishly admitted.
“I would love to fly the trapeze with you.” She leaned up and kissed me before diving back into my list.
After she finished, I handed her a pen and she started writing. Every time I looked over her shoulder, she turned the book away and laughed at my pout. Her happiness is a balm to my soul, smoothing away the rough edges that I tried to hide from everyone but her. She sees the whole me and loves me exactly as I am.
How did I get so lucky to find her?
After she put the pen down, she handed me the journal and I flipped back to her entry so I could see what we could do first. Among the more notable ones were:
-See the Northern Lights
