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loudly in her head at night. The ticking got especially loud when she found herself alone in the five thousand square foot luxury penthouse. What good was a boatload of money when you rarely were able to enjoy the fruits with the one you loved?
    Fawn, her tan tabby, waddled closer and barely made it up on the arm of the plush moss green sofa resting perpendicular to the floor to ceiling windows that overlooked the twinkling lights of the city.
    Sophia smiled down at her sole companion. “Who keeps feeding you treats? Pretty soon you won’t be able to jump up on the bed and then what’ll you do? Maybe while your other mommy is away again, I can keep you on a strict diet.” Sophia stroked his soft fur and could feel him purr as she absently continued massaging his head.
    Her sigh was loud enough that if anyone had been in the master bedroom, they might have heard the depression in that one quick expulsion of air. “Oh Fawn, remember when we first got together, we couldn’t keep our hands, or any other part of our body, off one another. I don’t want to feel like an old married couple. If I didn’t know any better, I’d think she was cheating on me, but how in the world would she have time. Running two successful offices on opposite sides of the country doesn’t leave time for much else besides working, eating, and sleeping. I need to get a life that doesn’t revolve entirely around my wife’s business schedule. Let’s call Aunty Joy and see what she’s up to tonight. I’m done moping around for now.”
    Sophia picked up her smart phone, swiped the large screen, and punched several buttons until she heard her best friend’s voice. “Hey, Joy. Yeah, she left this morning. I’m bored, depressed, and something else I don’t care to mention. Get two. I’ll be able to devour one whole container myself. Yep, nothing like ice cream therapy to cure whatever ails you. Oh yeah, can you also pick up some double A batteries? Oh, shush, it’s for the something else I didn’t want to mention and no, you cannot watch.”
    Sophia chuckled as she ended the call. “Now, why couldn’t I fall in love with Joy, who is a constant in my life and who I’m sure will never fall prey to the dreaded lesbian bed death.”
    As Sophia wondered why she hadn’t heard from her wife yet , the ding on her phone signaled that a new text message had arrived.
Flight delayed. Just got in. Love u.
Love u 2. Call me tomorrow after u get some sleep.
OK
    At least Sophia wouldn’t worry about her wife making it safely back to her satellite office. Sophia wondered if her love felt as lonely and lost as she did every time she left. Probably too busy to get lonely.
    Hearing the doorbell, Sophia scurried to the door to let her best friend and the two pints of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream into the penthouse.
    “About time you got here. Did you have to milk the cow?” Sophia asked.
    “No, smartass, but I almost had to pay Johann in ice cream to let me come up this late at night. He told me chocolate chip cookie dough is his favorite and then he gave me his best puppy dog eyes. Too bad for him that I’m a big old dyke and those puppy dog eyes only work when they are attached to a buxom blonde.”
    “Ooh, is that the color of the week now?” Sophia prodded.
    “Ha ha . I’ve always been a sucker for blondes,” Joy offered.
    “And brunettes and redheads and silver foxes, anything with two legs….”
    “I’m ignoring that because I know you’re distraught because your honey lips just left. How long will she be gone this time?” Joy asked.
    “Honey lips? Ew , that’s just wrong. She’ll be gone for a whole month,” Sophia lamented.
    Joy whistled. “Whoa. She’ll be gone for her fortieth birthday. I thought you were planning a big surprise party for her?”
    “I was, but my plans just got shot to hell when she laid the big bomb on me today. She was terribly apologetic, but that doesn’t make up for the fact that I won’t get to spend the