As the evening drew on Zoe grew much more relaxed, and she went from just holding my hand and little kisses to hugs and big passionate kisses. The sto...ry of how we met got told and you could see the change in her friends. When we left, we dropped Bree off at the University on our way back to the apartment. We arranged to pick her up the next morning.In the lift, she wrapped her arms around my neck and buried her face into my chest and sighed sleepily. When we got back to the apartment, Zoe sat. She said she hadn't had anything good to read since school let out in the early summer. The panhandle of Florida has an almost non-existent public library system. She said she loved shows about nature and science and travel and was only lukewarm towards cartoons and soap operas. She was my kind of woman.It surprised me how many interests we had in common. I had let her take over the remote and after her initial thrill of looking at more than the five broadcast channels she was used to, she. Unbelievable. Why on earth would I do that!?Cyrus smiled, as if anticipating my self-questioning. “You signed that because you trust me, as you did the other evening, solely on the word of my nephew. Your trust is well-placed. You will continue to be well-compensated for the work you do for me, and as with your prior contracts, this will involve international travel.”I slid my phone away, and with a gesture Cyrus had a server approach, with a salad of some sort. Another server poured me a glass. This was turning into a wonderful morning. We moved to the kitchen table and talked over our breakfast.“You need to put the leaf in the dining room table.”“Check. Leaf in the table.”“I need to go to the farmer’s market and get a head of fresh garlic and the potatoes. I took the game hen’s out last night and have them thawing in the fridge.”“Check. You shop.”“While I am gone, you need to spread the carpet cleaner and then vacuum it up. That should get the whole place to stop smelling like all we.