Chapter 12

Nothing happened.

“What exactly is this?” Cory asked, glancing up from the text.

“Nothing. I was just seeing something.” Jesse took the book back and shut it with a sharp snap. “Look…why do you have to move in with her? She’s not even old enough to go out and get a legal drink. What is the rush?”

“I love her.” The simple response came without pause. “I can’t imagine my life without her, frankly. I asked her to marry me, you know, but she turned me down. I wasn’t about to say no when she suggested we live together instead.”

“You want to…you want to marryher? What…what…”

It occurred to Jesse that he could send Cory to another dimension, and nobody would be the wiser. He’d even find a nice dimension. One that could be counted as a paradise. Cory could live out the rest of his days swimming in some sapphire blue sea far, far beyond the reach of Dominique. She would be miserable, but she was also young. She’d bounce back and move on.