him out to the bedroom and laid on the bed with him, falling asleep in his warm embrace.
Cha pter Six
The next few days Izzy and Will went about their normal business. He still didn’t let her go home to her own house because he was worried that no matter how happy she acted, she would do something stupid. Case in point, during the first few days, Izzy thought she should return to her realm and turn herself in, even knowing that they would kill her. Now, she was done with that thinking. What happened had happened and she wasn’t going to keep punishing herself for it. Her mother had tried to kill her and Izzy had defended herself. There was no reason for her to go home and tell everyone what she had done. While some would side with her and allow her to live being that she was only defending herself, others would want her to die for killing one of the higher up immortals of their realm, despite the fact that she herself was a goddess there.
As she came in from an hour of meditating on the beach, Izzy sat on the couch with a glass of water and thought about where she wanted her life to go. She really hadn’t done anything since she’d gotten out of foster care five years ago. Sure, she’d gone to school and gotten some bullshit degree, but she hadn’t done anything with it. For money, she worked in random waitressing jobs, and almost every month she had a rather large sum of money put into her bank account from a mysterious source that now she was beginning to think had been her father.
Tapping her foot on the floor, Izzy got up and went to Will’s office. Grabbing the laptop, she researched various destinations. Hawaii was great, but she was ready for a change.
There was Chicago, Vegas, Austin, Dallas, Miami, and New York. New York City sounded like a great place to go. There were plenty of jobs for her to do there and even start her own business, if she so desired to. She liked the sound of becoming a successful business owner.
Grinning to herself, Izzy checked her bank account, she had more than enough money to go to New York City and start her new life. Well, she actually had more than enough. Not having to spend money on travel expenses helped a lot. Going to her house, she packed a bag with her laptop and various clothing.
Heading back over to Will’s, she snagged a piece of paper off his desk and wrote out a note.
Placing her keys on top of the note, Izzy looked around one last time. She’d had so many great times in Hawaii with Will. She was thankful she’d gotten to meet him and grow up with him. That was the one thing she did enjoy… that no matter where on the island she landed for foster care, Will always found her and came to be with her because he never wanted her to be without a friend.
Smiling, Izzy picked up her bag and flashed herself to New York to start her new life.
Epilogue
Izzy had been in New York for about a week. In that time she’d bleached her hair a platinum blonde and gotten herself almost completely covered in tattoos. Bouncing tattoo shop to tattoo shop and paying them just a little extra money when they found out she’d recently gotten ink helped a lot with getting her multiple tattoos finished in a timely manner
Smiling, Izzy left her new apartment and went down the street to a little café she’d found and liked because of the service she got when she was there, not to mention the quiet atmosphere that the place held. Entering the café, she ordered her usual sandwich and Coke before choosing a front table to people watch while she enjoyed her lunch.
Seeing a blonde who appeared lost, but enjoying herself, on the sidewalk, caused Izzy to wonder what the heck was going on. Watching her, the blonde entered the café while Izzy tracked her movements carefully. Being that the café was small, Izzy heard her order a salad and a lemonade. Once she got her order, she came over and sat at an empty table across from Izzy.
Seeming to know Izzy was looking at her,
Richard Ellis Preston Jr.