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Part Six
Tammy

“I missed you Papa,” Remy rasped hugging his father back. “How you find out?”

“Tante Matte tell us an’ we come t’ make sure dey takin’ good care o’ you,” Henri answered.

“Yeah, you sure had two o’ de prettiest nurses I ever see,” Lapin said with a wink.

“Jealous?” Remy whispered back, his throat becoming sore.

“Non, I t’ink de blonde like me,” he grinned.

“Dat why she keep tellin’ you t’ take a long walk off a short pier?” Henri asked.

“She jus’ sayin’ dat t’ t’row de rest o’ de men off de track,” he replied smugly. “Boy dat musta been some kiss cousin, t’ knock you out f’r almost t’ree weeks.”

“Don’ know, I can’ remember,” Remy said in a hoarse whisper.

“Now Remy don’ talk too much, you lose your voice,” Jean Luc chastised.

“Oui Papa,” Remy smiled.

“I got good news son, you can come back home. After de last time you were dere when dose creatures tried t’ steal de chil’ren, de council had a meetin’. Cause o’ what you did dey lift de banishment from you, you a full guild member again,” Jean Luc explained. “Dat is, if you wan’ t’ come back.”

Remy didn’t say anything, he was overcome at this turn of events. He just put his arms around his father and hugged him again. “I know boy, I know,” he whispered as he felt Remy’s tears of happines dampened his shoulder.


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The next evening Remy heard a knock on his door after his family had left to go out for dinner. “Come in,” he said looking up from his book.

“Hi, remember me?” she asked opening the door.

“Uh-huh, you were here when Ah woke up yesterday,” he said. “You’re Stephanie, right?”

“Not quite, my name is Stephen but most people call me Stevie,” she smiled. “I hate being called Stephanie and any variations of it.”

“Sorry ‘bout dat,” he replied.

“S’okay,” she shrugged.

“So, I s’pose Hank wants t’ examine me again,” he frowned.

“No, but he did enlarge your diet. You can eat real food as long as it isn’t spicey,” she said.

“You can come in chere, Ah ain’ gonna bite,” he smiled.

“Thanks,” she replied and sat in the chair next to his bed. “So, are ya hungry?”

“Starvin’,” he grinned, “what’s for dinner?”

“Well, I’m making steak with vegetables for myself, but I can add more if you wanne eat that,” she shrugged.

“Right now, Ah don’ care as long at it’s food,” he said leaning back.

“All right, I’ll bring it up to you when you’re ready,” she replied.

“Why don’ you join me. My Papa and Henri and Lapin won’ be back for a couple hours an’ it’d be nice t’ have someone t’ help catch up on t’ings,” he offered.

“Sure, I’ll be back in about half an hour,” she said getting up.

“Don’ it take longer den dat t’ cook a whole meal?” he asked.

“Well, I figured you wouldn’t be too picky as long as it was real food so I made extra anyway,” she smiled going over to the door.

“Uh-huh, see you den,” he said picking his book up again.


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“So has my annoyin’ cousin been makin’ passes at ya?” Remy asked when he’d finished his dinner.

“God yes,” she groaned.

“I s’pose he used de ‘I’m dyin’ an’ I don’ wan’ t’ die a virgin’ bit,” he frowned.

“And several variations of it. Tell me, does he know the definition of ‘no’?” Stevie asked.

“I don’ t’ink so,” he said shaking his head.

“So how do I get rid of him?” she asked.

“Tell him you’re a lesbian. Non, he’d jus’ consider dat more o’ a challenge.”

“I tried telling him I had a boyfriend and that didn’t stop him either,” she sighed.

“Do you?”

“Do I what?”

“Have a boyfriend?”

“Not at the moment.”

“Really? A pretty girl like you?” he asked surprised.

“I’m a little busy for a boyfriend right now anyway,” she replied.

“Wit’ what?”

“I’m an electrical and computer engineering major and I’m getting into the real courswork now,” she explained.

“Well in dat case, start talkin’ computers an’ you’ll go right over Lapin’s head. He hates it when a woman is more in’erested in machines den him,” he smiled.

“Thanks, I’ll try that,” Stevie nodded.

“An’ if dat doesn’t work you can t’reaten t’ unman him,” Remy grinned.

“Yeah and I usually do carry a pocket knife,” she said, an evil smiled lighting her face. “I could offer to give him a free circumcision.”

“Dat should turn him off, ‘specially if you smile like you are now,” he added.

“Is my evil personality showin’ through again? Damn, I thought I’d buried her deep enough so she wouldn’t show up any more,” she joked.

“Hey, dat’s not funny,” Remy frowned.

“Sorry. You know sometimes I feel like I’ve walked in on the middle of a movie and I have no idea what’s going on. You ever feel like that?” she asked.

“Yeah, right ‘bout now. I’m outta t’ings for t’ree weeks an’ I have no idea what’s goin’ on anymore,” he sighed.

“So where d’ya wanna start?” she offered.