When Love Finds a Home

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Author: Megan Carter
Tags: Fiction, Lesbian
pressed the remote that was hooked over the sun visor. The garage door
began to rise.
    Rather than pulling in, Rona
sat staring at the house. "How many people live here?" she asked.
    "Just me."
    Rona looked at her and
frowned. "You live in this huge place all alone?"
    Anna glanced at the enormous
two-story red brick house. "I bought it as an investment. I'm a financial
planner," she explained. "This area was undergoing revitalization. In
a few years the property should double in value."
    Rona remained silent and
continued staring at the house.
    "I don't intend to stay
here forever."
    "It's none of my business
where you live," Rona said as she drove the car into the garage, killed
the engine and reluctantly handed the keys to Anna. There was an awkward moment
as they all sat listening to the ticking of the cooling engine. Rona's head jerked
up when the garage door began to slide down. "We should be going,"
she said to Tammy as the door hissed closed. She reached over and pushed the
button to reopen the garage door before they started getting out of the car.
    "Wait a minute,"
Anna said over the top of the car. "Let me pay you for your trouble."
    Rona shook her head. "We
didn't do it for the money." Then an idea came to her. She picked up Karla
and bundled her beneath the ratty blanket.
    "Where will you go?"
Anna asked as she walked to the back of the car. The freezing wind blew through
the open door. Anna pulled her coat more snugly around her and folded her arms.
"Do you have someplace to go?"
    Tammy was busy bundling Katie
beneath her blanket.
    "We'll be fine,"
Rona assured her as she deliberately turned Karla's innocent face toward Anna.
    "It's freezing out there.
If you have somewhere to go, at least let me call a cab."
    Rona shook her head.
"We're fine."
    "Maybe you are, but what
about those children?"
    Rona heard an edge to Anna's
voice that hadn't been there before. She wondered if she had misjudged this
woman. They all jumped when the door began to close automatically.
    "Come on inside,"
Anna insisted, "before we catch pneumonia." Without waiting for
anyone to respond, she turned and walked to the door that led into the house.
    Rona looked at Tammy, who was
shaking her head no. She stepped closer. "It's late," she reminded
her, "and we're a long way from downtown. I don't know this area. Do
you?" She felt certain that Anna's guilt offered them an advantage.
    Tammy shook her head again.
    "Tammy, maybe we need to
think about the kids."
    "I always think about my
kids," she snapped.
    Rona apologized. "I know
you do. I'm sorry. All I'm saying is that for now, just this once, maybe we
should trust someone. She seems decent enough."
    "Mama, I'm cold,"
Karla whispered.
    Rona hugged the child to help
ward off the cold but also for her unwitting help.
    Tammy blinked rapidly and
swallowed before nodding.
    When they stepped inside, Rona
heard Tammy's breath catch as she gazed
around the spotless kitchen of gleaming stainless steel appliances and black
granite countertops. Everything seemed to sparkle beneath the overhead light.
    "I guess you like to
cook," Rona said as she continued to take in the kitchen.
    "When I have time,"
Anna admitted. "Come on in." She led them through the dining room and
living room. "I spend most of my time in the den," she said as they
entered a medium-sized room that held a slightly battered recliner, a pair of
end tables and a couch. Across the room from the couch was an overly ornate
fireplace, and across from the recliner was a wide-screen television. The
flooring was distressed pine boards that shone warmly in the light. Anna pulled
her coat off and draped it over the back of the recliner. "Have a
seat," she said and waved her hand toward the couch.
    Everything looked too clean to
sit on. Rona finally perched on the edge of the couch and held Karla on her
lap. Tammy followed her lead and held Katie.
    Anna sat in the recliner and
leaned forward to talk to them. "Look, I don't know what your
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