My Tutor – Graduation Day
Quin
Unpacking the plane turned out to be a lot easier than packing it. It was probably because Cage was there doing it with me. It gave him a chance to meet my parents and for them to meet him. They liked him as I knew they would.
Moving back into the apartment with Lou, my parents agreed that I should finish up the semester and then said goodbye. I had a lot of classwork to catch up on, but I did it in no time. What took longer was helping Cage catch up with his. It required a lot of late nights together, but there was no complaining about that.
I did have to make a deal with Dad for all of the back and forth I put him through, however. Next semester, along with all of my classes, I had to start work with him at his venture capital firm. For the most part, I would be evaluating prospectuses and doing deep dives into the companies. I had more than enough band with for that.
I also decided to tie the industries of the companies I was evaluating into the classes I chose. It was a win-win for everyone. More than that, it would leave my weekends free to spend time with Cage and his family in Snowy Falls. My time with them became an adventure. There were still many things we didn’t know about their past.
Who was Cage and Nero’s father? Even as their mother became more coherent, she wouldn’t say.
“You have no idea?” I asked Nero as we sat together at Cage’s graduation.
“I’m not sure,” he responded in hushed tones.
“Wait. That’s not what you said to Cage. You told him that your mother forbid you from asking about him.”
“That’s true. She did forbid me. But that hasn’t stopped me from looking into stuff.”
“So, you think you know?”
“I might. And, since you were able to find us in a town that wasn’t even on the map, I was thinking maybe you could help. I don’t know how much time I’m gonna have while taking classes next semester, but…”
“Wait, are you going to be taking classes here next year?” I asked shocked.
Nero looked at me and blushed.
“I was thinking that with Cage helping out and my mom doing so much better, I might give it a shot. I might even try out for the football team. I was pretty good in high school.”
“Pretty good?” Titus said leaning over from the seat next to Nero. “This guy set the record for most yards run in a season. This one is lightning on the field.”
Nero blushed.
“I might have run a few yards,” Nero said humbly.
“Trust me, Quin, this school won’t know what hit them,” Titus said with his usual salesmanship.
“Hey Quin, do you know who that is?” Nero said staring at someone standing under the oak trees past the chairs.
I turned to look. It was a girl with shaggy dark hair, a thin frame, and round glasses. She was cute.
“No. I’ve never seen her before. Why do you ask?”
“It’s just that I thought I saw her look at me.”
“Oh.”
I turned back to the girl. As I did, she looked at us. I couldn’t tell who she was looking at. But as the three of us stared at her, she smiled. I looked back at Nero. Nero couldn’t take his eyes off of her.
“Cage Augustus Rucker,” a man said over the P.A. system.
I turned to see Cage step onto the stage to collect his diploma.
“Oh, he’s getting it,” I said tearing Nero’s attention from the girl.
Once the scroll of paper was in Cage’s hand, everyone in our little group, which included Lou and Cage’s mother, stood up and cheered. The love of my life was graduating from university. I loved him more than I had ever loved anyone and I couldn’t be happier for him.
The next chapter of our lives was about to begin. Would it include Nero and the girl he still couldn’t take his eyes off of? Would it include finding out who their father is and solving the mystery behind Cage’s birth?
I didn’t know. But, whatever it included, I was all in. So was Cage. And as long as we had each other, I knew that anything would be possible.
Thinking about re-reading this story? Consider reading it as a steamy wolf shifter romance in ‘Son of a Beast‘, a wholesome romance in ‘Going Long‘, or a Male/Male Romance in ‘Serious Trouble‘.