THE LETTER

PART II

As Lee approached the Q Bureau he heard movement.
'No one should be in this building now,' he thought.

He drew his gun and slowly opened the Q door. He viewed
his partner reading the very letter he had intended to
place in safekeeping.

Lee quickly holstered his weapon. He wondered how he
was going to get through an explanation. He really
hadn't expected this to happen. There was some relief
he was feeling though.

Hw closed the Q door behind him and locked it. 'We'll
need privacy and I'm not sure if Billy is out of the
building quite yet,' he thought to himself.

Amanda heard the click and turned quickly to face her
partner, tears running down her cheeks unabated. "I
forgot some important papers and I came across this,"
she cried, holding up the letter," her whole body
shaking.

"I'm sorry, I meant to have put it away and forgot,"
Lee stammered contritely, moving toward her slowly.

"Did you mean these words, Scarecrow?" she asked, the
tears still flowing. She managed to look him straight
in the eye.

Lee took her in his arms and held her closely. "Yes,
my love, a thousand times over," he whispered in her
ear, "all of it" I'm glad you found out, Amanda. I
don't know how much longer I could have hung on."
He tried to wipe her tears away with his thumbs, but
his vision was clouded as his own eyes welled up
considerably.

"Oh, Lee. I love you so," she revealed lovingly.

Lee leaned in and captured her lips in a powerful,
fiery kiss. Amanda eagerly responded, throwing
her arms around his neck. He played with her lips
with his tongue and she anxiously parted for him. He
explored the depths of her mouth and finally connected
with her tongue. Their tongues played and flirted as
their kiss intensified, their bodies rapidly heating
up.

Lee was quickly losing control. It took all of his will
power to pull them apart somewhat in order to cool down.

"Amanda, let's go to my place and discuss this. I'm
afraid I'm losing it, please," he pleaded.

"Yes, Lee of course." I'll have to phone mother first.
I'll tell her that I have an overnight photo shoot. I'll
be home tomorrow sometime."

"You'll follow me over then," he smiled.

"Right away," she promised.

"Let's get out of here then." He paused, caressed her
cheek, and whispered, "I love you, Mrs. King."

"I love you, too, Mr. Stetson," she replied, taking his
hand away and kissing it.

TBC