#Chapter 132: I’ll Play With Sugar

Theo and I ended up playing card games with each other until Charles got home from work. It helped my heart and reaffirmed my belief in the goddess that Theo was healing quite quickly. Just like getting my cycle started, it seemed like the answers to my prayers were flowing in. Although, when I thought about it like that, I wished maybe I had prayed a little bigger. Maybe I could have prayed for the cornerstone of this whole corruption mess to just fall out into the open so that justice could be served. But I would take a reprieve from necessary conversations with Charles and Theo’s return to good health. Just after dinner, Charles predictably caught me up in his arms, making the request that we head for the bedroom. “I can’t,” I said. “Why not?” He looked disappointed. “It’s my time of the month.” “Oh.” Charles looked a little squeamish at my honesty. But admitting my circumstances was the fastest way to shut him down, and I didn’t have the energy to dance around sensitive subj