Chapter 9
Renee woke up to the sound of waves crashing in the distance, and a cool breeze playing over her skin. Opening her eyes, she saw that she was in Grady’s Imperial Beach house, and that she was currently wearing just her panties and a light tank top. She sighed contentedly, before the darkness outside struck her. It was after sunset, which meant it had to be at least seven or eight at night. “My gig!”
She sat up with a start and jumped out of bed. Dashing towards the front door, she was met in the living room by Grady, who grabbed her and swung her around. “Whoa, hold on there Dark Justice, just where are you going?”
“I’m late for work, Grady!” she said, breaking free before stopping and turning. “And what’s with the Dark Justice bit?”
“Come here, take a look,” he said, taking her gently by the arm and leading her into the living room. On the screen, video of her spearing the last bad guy through the window and onto the grass played again. Underneath, the headline read Second Horseman appears: Is Dark Justice working with San Diego’s own Horseman?
“They seem to like the Biblical themes, don’t they?” Grady said, leading her over to the sofa. “I gotta give Maria Mendoza credit, she gave you the moniker first. She quoted the Bible the first time she revealed it, I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. A bit overly dramatic in my opinion, but the other networks ran with it, and by the time the sun set you were named.”
Renee watched the silenced video for a bit, then shook her head. “Dark Justice may be one thing, but Litezout has a gig in the University district starting at nine. What time is it?”
“It’s ten twenty, and no, Litezout doesn’t,” Grady replied gently. “I called the club from my lab after the nanos put you under. I spoke with the manager, and said that you had a car accident, and that you wouldn’t be able to make it. The guy was miffed until I told him who I was, and that I’d be happy to not only compensate him for his troubles, but pay for a replacement to come in and cover. In the end he seemed happy enough.”
“Well, who’d you get?” Renee asked, “I hope it wasn’t some scrub.” Missing a gig for anything short of death was bad enough. But if Grady had hired a no talent hack to fill in for her, she’d not get a gig in the club again for months, and her reputation in the San Diego area would take a hit.
“Nah, I got Big Boy,” Grady said. Renee’s jaw dropped, and he nodded. “Yeah, that Big Boy. I own the station, and I gave the station manager a call. Big Boy was happy to do it, since I fronted him a hefty bonus.”
Renee gulped, and looked over. “How much?”
“Twenty five thousand total. Plus use of the Voelker Consolidated helicopter to fly him down from LA. Don’t sweat it, you deserved the rest for saving my life.”
Renee blinked, and felt tears come to her eyes. “But Grady….. twenty five thousand…… I don’t……”
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Grady silenced her with a gentle kiss on her lips, then leaned back. “Yes, you do, and no, I don’t care about the money. In fact Renee, I was going to ask you on the beach, until we got interrupted; would you like to move in with me?”
Renee smirked and looked at him out of the corner of her eye. “You saying that because you love me, because I saved your life today, or because we make a good team?”
Grady laughed and pulled her close. “I ask because I’ve wanted to for a few days. I just wanted to let the time feel right. I thought today was it, after your body’s abilities steadied out and your height stayed the same and all. But then I realized, there’s never going to be a ‘right’ time. I’m the CEO of Voelker Consolidated. You’re an up and coming DJ. Just between those two we lead busy lives. And to top it all off we seem to have been christened superheroes? There’s never going to be a perfect time, unless we make the perfect time. So I’ll ask you again, because I’m making this the perfect time, would you like to move in with me?”
She answered him with a kiss on the lips that grew deeper until both of them were breathless.
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“Do you like my new body more than my old one?” she whispered after their kiss broke.