Chapter 10
38. Rights
"This has been a marvelous weekend James; I hope you're not disappointed in me."
"How can a man be disappointed with heaven, Nancy? I've never had 3 days like this in my life. I've been able to relax, and fall in love with a very beautiful woman. If she wants to take it to the next level with me, and fall in love, I will be the happiest man on earth. I told you at the very beginning, we will take this at your speed. I will not push you in any direction, just know that I'm here anytime you want me."
"James I have something serious to tell you first, and then you can make any decision you want about me. I was hired by a man to seduce you, and watch over you, because you were under suspicion of being a spy. They thought you were part of the organization trying to destroy our new super rocket. As you know I'm very strapped for money, and I accepted their assignment, because it was very lucrative. I would never have gone to bed with you, ever. They could not have paid me enough money to do that.
While we were at your sister's wedding, I saw Bill changing things in your phone and your iPad. Things you could never have done, because you are so inept at it. I've reported this and told him the spy could not possibly be you; it had to be Bill. They found out it is, and they are following him very closely now. I'm sorry James, I truly am."
"Your face is so beautiful, even while you believe you are confessing a sin. I already know about your little spying adventure, Nancy. We had a meeting, in an elevator of all places, to talk this over. If you hadn't noticed Bill making these exchanges, they could have listened to me for years longer, and I would never have known it. They were listening to secret, and top-secret conferences, between myself, my staff, the Attorney General, the director of the CIA, the legal advisors of the president and many others. The information they received from those conversations was priceless, and no one knows how long it's been going on. Bill has been my aid for 4 years, and I have no idea when he was co-opted."
"Were you ever going to tell me you knew about my spying?"
"I gave you 2 months. I knew you could not hold out any longer than that. Every time we've gone to dinner, I've noticed that your eyes have drifted away from me, and down towards the table as we spoke. Your smile has not been as bright, and I doubt your sleep has been as restful. I feel terrible about it, but I wanted you to come to me, and get this off your chest, rather than me telling you I knew. If I did that to you, you would have run away from me for good."
"I'm not sure what to say right now, James. I'm happy that you know, I'm still embarrassed that I spied upon you."
"Did you really spy on me, Nancy? Or did you spy on a person, who you believed was trying to hurt the United States of America? Which one was it?"
"They showed me proof you were spying; that's why I did it."
"Then you weren't spying on me, you were spying on someone that was going to hurt this country. I would've done the same thing you did. The money doesn't matter; it was only an incentive to get you involved. It was your intent that mattered, and that came from your heart, which I happen to love very much."
"Nancy, what are you doing?"
"I'm getting undressed."
"If you continue, I will leave the room."
"You don't want to make love to me?"
"2 minutes ago, I would have given both eyes to make love to you. Now you are trying to do it for all the wrong reasons. You feel bad because of the information that just passed between us, and you want to reward me for not being angry with you. That's not the way I want you. I want you when you're ready, and not one moment before. I don't want sex. I want to make love with you, and only when you are ready. Take your shower, and get ready for bed. I have a few phone calls to make."
With tears flowing down her face she said, "I'm so sorry James."
"Maybe in Aspen, in February, we can take the family."
She screeched. "Are you out of your mind; I'll have 3 kids in leg casts."
"What am I supposed to do with the home I have out there; let it sit idle all winter?"
"If you can afford a home in Aspen, you can let it sit idle all winter, and I don't know if my supervisor will give me the time off."
"Does your supervisor like his job?"
"You are not a very nice man, James."
"I could be doing very nasty things on the bed with you right now, but I chose not to, because it wasn't the right time. Am I still not a very nice man?"
"I asked for it, I could have lived with it."
"I couldn't. I'm not that type of person. I never was, I don't believe I ever will be. Do you remember what my sister said to me at her wedding?"
"She said you'd better never leave her, because you are like the air she breathes, and the sunshine on her face."
"Well, that's not exactly the quote I was thinking about, but I'll use that one. I would like to become all of that for you Nancy. I would like to become everything for and to you. I would like to wipe away your past, but I can't. However, I can give you a future the likes of which you never dreamed. I can give your children a pathway to success they would have had to struggle for, because of the situation you find yourself in.
I will leave the government, and all the responsibilities I carry with me every day, just to be by your side, and make your life a dream. You can't understand what you've done for me, because you've always known how to plug in a coffee maker, and put staples into a stapling machine. You can teach me all these things, while I show you and your family the world.
I'm going to ask you a question, and I don't want you to answer it, until after you've talked to your family, your priest, but most of all to yourself. I don't want an answer, until you're absolutely sure it's the right answer. The quote I was talking about, from the night of my sister's wedding was this,
'You are not going to get into her pants, until you put a ring on her finger.'
Well, here I go.
"Nancy Wells will you marry me?"
"Don't answer me just listen. I know we haven't known each other very long, and there are a lot of things we don't know about each other; but I've never been more sure about anything in my life. Now, please take your shower, and get ready for bed."
She stood there like a statue, stunned to her very core. She knew he loved her by the way he acted around her, but she never expected anything like this to come out of his mouth so soon. She was going to kill Janine, when she went to back to work Monday. No, death would be too good for her, she would torture her for the rest of her life, just as she tortured James every day at work. That was a much better way to get even with that matchmaker. This was happening much too fast for her to comprehend.
Her mind was in a state of suspended animation. She was so stunned by the happenings of the last few moments, she was blinded by the lights, and could not move. She was startled, when she felt hands touch her shoulders. She focused on his face, as he turned her around, and walked her towards the suites bathroom. It was larger than her bedroom at home by half, and was much better decorated.
He started the water in the egg shaped bathtub, put in rose scented bath oil, kissed her sweetly, closed and locked the bathroom door.
Shortly afterwards he knocked on the bathroom door.
A word finally escaped her mouth. "Yes."
"Are you decent?"
"Yes."
"May I come in?"
"Yes."
