Page 21 of My Date is a Polymorph
“Because they were there for me when I was dating you and had to listen to my silly flights of fantasy.They are aware of the situation that happened after.”
“Well, I don’t have to watch what I say, so that’s good.”She smiled.
“They will enjoy working with you.”He paused.“Did you really get healing today?”
“Yes.Hever was shocked that I hadn’t gotten it earlier.”
“You mentioned the restrictions?”
“Yeah, paperwork is a pain, and I was too well-employed for assistance but too poor to pay for it on my own.A sucky place to be.”
“Your sister couldn’t help?”
“She just got back to town six months ago, and she’s very pregnant, so I didn’t want to bother her.Her funds were for her baby.”
“What about the father?”
“Oh, she has told him to fuck off in no uncertain terms.He didn’t tell her he was engaged, and we both have a pathological fear of being a mistress.”
“Your parents?”
“I have told you this already.”
“I know.Tell me again.Each mention draws a bit of venom.”
“My mom was working for a wealthy Sethir family when my father visited from Hyreno and took a liking to her.He seduced her, and when she was kicked out of the household and returned to her family, they kicked her out as well.He watched like all good predators do, and he took her with him.She thought she was going to Hyreno, but he installed her in a strange stone bubble with a beach and rooms.She lived there with occasional visits from him until I was born, and he sighed in disgust.Girls weren’t what he was after.So, he didn’t return until he was in rut again, and that was when I was three.It was just me and my mom.She was a low-grade intuition active, and with just me and her together, she became a psychic.One day, he came back, and Mom told me to hide.When he left, she was pregnant again, and that was the last time I saw him.She got weaker, and I started spending more and more time underwater.I activated sometime between three and four, and Mom taught me shapes from books in the library in our prison.I noticed the air was getting really thin and kept swimming and hunting for her, but when Cloud was born, there was almost nothing left.She was lying and gasping as she held her.Cloud’s breathing was weak.Mom told me what we needed, so I swam to the mainland and stole what I needed.I broke into businesses and houses, stealing what I needed.I took care of Cloud until I couldn’t.Mom died, and I took Cloud, got a plexi bubble from the Sethir mainland, and put her in it.I floated her over to Aksalla and screamed for help.Help came, and we were brought into Aksalla and the foster system.”
She exhaled slowly.“So, the idea of being with a man and not having some kind of legal recourse is not something I could do.”
“Then I am very glad I proposed.”
“Me, too.Otherwise, things would have played out differently.”
“What happened to your father?”
“Cloud has recently offered him a chance for absolution.Hah, just kidding.She went to Hyreno and sentenced him to four years of suffocation.Then it turns out, his family did that to other women.They rescued a few of them and gave them medical treatment.Meanwhile, my father and his relations are suffering.The king thinks it’s cruel, but it is no more than he did to our mother.He might even survive this.He justfeelslike he’s suffocating.”
“Remind me not to mess with your family.”
“You already did, and I didn’t mind.”She leaned over and kissed him.
He chuckled and smiled.“Ah, we are here.”
She turned and saw a polite storefront with the wordSeamstressover it.“Khassi doesn’t advertise?”
“She picks her clients.”
“Right.”
He helped her out of the car and held her hand as they walked to the door.It flew open, and a woman, with the same blood-red hair as Worro, grinned.“Worro, you are looking more yourself.Come in, so I can hug you and your fiancée.”
They entered the building, and the subtle grace and style of the interior made Keera gasp.“This place is lovely.So relaxing.”
Another woman, who looked nearly identical to the one who opened the door, came from the back with a smile.“Worro, please introduce us.”
Worro smiled.“Keera, pulse of my body and light of my heart, this is my cousin Khassi, and this is my cousin Khasta.”
Keera smiled.“That is a lot of K names.”
