#apollo grant

"What's going on, Apollo?" I asked him point blank. He stared at me for a bit, trying to figure out how to say his news. I knew it had be important.

"You know how Naya has been interviewing some famous vampire lately?' Apollo asked me.

I made a face but nod. It's almost all Naya talks about when I message her. That and AJ.

"It's Inna Cents." Apollo stated.

I stood there, frozen. My mind trying to process his words. Of course, nothing stays secret when you drop a bombshell like that in the room next to a vampire.

Caleb came storming in there, at vampire speed, demanding answers. I haven't seen him this worked up in years.

Apollo launches into telling us how Naya has been interviewing Inna but had no idea that Caleb had turned Inna. That there was any connection between her and Caleb at all.

"She just happened not to tell Naya all this, hmm?" I asked, wondering what her motives are.

Apollo scratched the back of his head repeatedly. "Yeah. Naya said Inna never said anything about Caleb officially....but did ask a few questions about him off the record."

"What questions?" Caleb asked, his voice tense.

"I didn't ask, to be honest. I booked the first flight I could get to come here." Apollo admitted.

Caleb went silent. The kind of silent I haven't seen from him since before we got together. He was brooding. Angry. And I don't blame him. I'm mad too but not at Naya. Clearly Inna figured things out and used these interviews to gather information on Caleb and his life.

I just don't know what - if anything, that we are going to do about it.

Caleb has developed a new vampire power apparently.

While I know Lilith is happy for her cousin, still, it has to be hard watching a happy couple get married. Caleb stuck close by her during the ceremony as did Este. I think she sensed that her Aunt was feeling down.

To our surprise, one of the werewolves from Kristopher and Lily's pack joined us. Wolfgang Wilder. Extremely intelligent fellow. He fit in well with everyone.

Caleb and I have shared many dances in this house. The first dance started us on our path to falling in love. 

Sadly, Lilith ends up being right.

Two things came to light that fateful night. Vera is a vampire.

To cheer her up, though I think she had forgotten about the dream before I did. Also to help her deal with us remodeling the room to make it more for both a boy and a girl. We got her a small laptop she could use for school and to play games on. She liked it a lot.

“You know, it won’t be long before Apollo is a child.” I told Pak one evening, I had been looking through the calendar and realized how close it was coming.

“That’s not the only birthday coming up.” Pak told me.

“Ah yes, I had realized that too.” I said, grumpily.

“You’re always going to be beautiful to me, ku’uipo. Even with silver in your hair and wrinkles. Pure beauty.” He said, caressing my cheek.

I melted. He still knew what to say to me and somehow knew I was worried about how I’d look, vain yes. But you get that way a bit in my line of work.

“I love you, Pak.” I told him, pulling him close and hugging him. I felt a bit better about my upcoming birthday after talking to him.

“I love you too, Evie.” He replied, hugging me back.

I shifted some focus back to my career. I didn’t really have to do much anymore. Release a video now and then. Make charity appearances – those were important to me. It was the main reason I kept my name in the spotlight. I loved being able to help others.

Soon it was time to make Apollo’s cake. My youngest was having his birthday and I realized, he was most likely my last baby. I was sad about that for a few seconds before realizing how blessed I was to have him and Vera.

I got dressed and caught my husband coming in the door. He had been somewhat secretive lately. He was up to something. But I didn’t jump to the usual conclusions, I trusted him.

“So what have you been up to, my handsome hubby?” I asked, flirting with him and batting my eyelashes at him.

“You’ll see when the time is right.” Pak told me. He was not budging.

I went and got Apollo. He actually let me help him blow out his candles, I was surprised but pleased.

Pak went out before Apollo’s birthday and got him a science set. The first thing he did with it was blow something up. I wasn’t too sure the set was a good idea, but Pak thought it was. So I kept quiet.

At least Apollo was really good with the cats. As is Vera, teach them early and teach them right when it comes to handling pets.

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August Lewis surprises his wife, Aubree, at her job in the city at lunch time. Aubree takes a long lunch and they go to a poetry reading at the Stargazer Lounge in San Myshuno.

It's bit brisk, to put it mildly, for the couple to be out and about but they enjoy themselves nonetheless. August surprising Aubree at her job reminds her of one of the reasons she loves her husband. He used to surprise her with romantic gestures all the time but things change a bit when you have twins at home.

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Rahmi Watson is out tending her chickens in Henford-on-Bagley when she hears a familiar voice call her name. Her heart skips a beat as she turns and sees him.

Ukanipo has been missing her since she left Sulani and their, in his mind, date.  He knows this is Rahmi's first Love Day as a single woman and he wanted to do something special for her so she isn't feeling down. Before he gave it much thought, he was booking his flight to go see her. He has no regrets on his choice.

Rahmi is overjoyed to see him. She's been worried that things would be awkward between them once they saw each other again after what happened in Sulani, but her worries had been for nothing. The two spend the day watching movies together and talking since all her kids, even Rashidah, had agreed to go visit Thomas in Chestnut Ridge for a few days since her youngest two are on a small break from school.

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At times, being married as long as Garrett and Denise Ambrose have been can make it hard to come up with something romantic for a day such as Love Day.

Garrett's surprise of cooking dinner and presenting his wife with chocolates and wine has done the trick. After a day of work Denise is more than ready to unwind with her husband and enjoy his company.