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Karin muttered to herself as she tapped her lip. “I knew she could heal, but I didn’t know how or why it was so powerful.”
“You didn’t ask her earlier?” Charlie asked.
She rolled her eyes and waved her hand. “The twins were distracting her by asking questions about your relationship.”
Charlie’s eyes lit up with interest. “Oh? And what was she saying?”
“She didn’t give any details,” she mumbled. She pursed her lips, slumped her shoulders, and slunk off to talk to someone else.
Charlie smirked at me. “Clawdia, ever the lady.”
I waited until I was certain Karin couldn’t hear me before I said, “She is very odd.”
“Like mother like daughter,” was all Charlie replied since he turned his attention to his abandoned plate.
Clawdia returned, her smile bright, brighter than I’d ever seen, although her eyes seemed a little unfocused.My Little Cat is drunk.
She flung herself at me since Charlie’s hands were full and nuzzled into my chest, her hands wrapped tightly around a little plastic cup.
“Where’s our drink?” Charlie asked with a laugh.
Her eyes widened. “Oh! I knew I forgot something.”
“I’ll forgive you,” he said, taking the cup from her hands with a smirk and stealing a sip.
“I love you both so much,” she sighed wistfully, leaning against me, and I wrapped my arms around her.
Charlie laughed and moved a strand of hair out of her face. “I love you too, but you are a soppy drunk.”
“You don’t like me soppy?”
“I like you always,” he whispered.
“Charlie!” Savida called, and we all jumped. “This male would like to talk to you, if you can spare a moment from your love.”
Charlie sighed and put the cup down before circling the table to shake a man’s hand.
Clawdia’s head rolled on my chest to look up at me. I didn’t want to let her out of my arms yet. “Why don’t we dance, Little Cat?”
The music had changed to a slow song many were singing. The lyrics about being perfect made it the ideal moment to share with her.
“A first dance,” she breathed as I pulled her into the dance square. We swayed together, pressed tightly against each other. Her hands roamed my back in soothing caresses. As the sunset cast a dim glow, she whispered, “I love you.”
“And I love you,” I told her and chuckled as the song ended. I chucked her under the chin. “But Charlie is right, you can’t hold your alcohol.”
“You don’t hold it, silly.” She rolled her eyes. “You drink it.”
I held my laughter behind tight lips. “Yes, you’re right. Forgive me.”
“I’ve never been drunk before. I didn’t know it would feel like this. I feel like a bubble,” she told me and hiccupped a giggle.
“You will not be saying such in the morning, Little Cat.” I stroked her hair. “But I’ll be there to make you feel better.”
“You’re always there.” She smiled at me with such love in her eyes my heart lurched in my chest.
“Always.”
To my shame, it was a lie. Another lie I told my soul pair to stop her from worrying.
