It's been two weeks since any of the guys have seen her. They all were beginning to get really worried about her. Stephanie had tried to kept them updated but nothing changed and that wasn't surprising when she would tell him she was till the same. They even got tired of her telling them this so when they seen her they would just nod and say, "Yeah we know no change."
But today Stephanie came racing towards them with a huge smile on her face. They all watched her as she sat down on Paul's lap and looked at everyone. "She has snapped out of it and she was asking about you guys. She even said that she would like to see you guys. But I'm warning you guys now don't say anything that has to do with what happened. Let her bring it up. I don't know if she will but if she doesn't then neither will you. Mom has been quite taken with her and I can understand why Sapphire is a sweet little thing if you ask me. I think that she needs to be corrupted maybe just a little. But not right now."
Mark nodded and Glen sat back in thought. It would seem to him that everyone has been taken by her and that isn't normal. Stephanie doesn't like it when other people get more attention than her but it seems that she can understand what is happening now. Hell she use to call Walter her second father. Maybe with her around Stephanie she might see a side of her father that she never seen before.
"Hey Glen what are you think about?" Mark asked him.
"I was just thinking about how taken everyone is with Sapphire." He said to them.
"That's true." Jeff said to them.
"Oh hey Jeff how is your head feeling?" Stephanie asked him.
"A lot better thanks for asking." Jeff said with a smile.
"Here she comes." Stephanie said before a laughing Sapphire flew into the room and threw herself at Jeff.
"Oh Jeff I'm so sorry for hitting you." She said as she hugged his head to her breast and he smiled as he looked at the other guys.
"That hug made it all worth it." He said to her after she released him.
She sat on his lap and looked at the others. "I'm sorry if I had you guys worried. I know that you want to know what was going on but right now I can't tell you. I will but I just can't do that right now. I also want you to know that I think a little differently about my father then when I got here before. I'm still angry that he wasn't there but after reading what he wrote I know that he loves me. I know that he always did. What I need to come to terms to now is why he wasn't ever there if he loved me so much."
"Now that I got that off my chest I'm going shopping and no you guys can't come." She said before she jumped up from Jeff's lap and rushed out of the room.
Everyone looked at each other and busted out laughing. "That girl is speeding around every where isn't she?"
"Mom got her hooked on iced coffee. She has had about 12 of them today." Stephanie said with a laugh.
"Well at least she was smiling. I haven't seen a real smile on her lips before." Mark said as he moved in his chair.
Dave nodded and looked down at his pants. Yep hard as a rock. If they looked around at each other they would see that all of them were hard. Even Jeff. "I think that we are going even if she doesn't want us to or not."
"I was thinking the same thing." Glen said as they stood.
"No you aren't. Shane is taking her shopping." Stephanie said and they all looked at her in shocked.
"What?" They asked her.
"Your brother is taking our sweet little Sapphire shopping?" Mark asked her.
"Yes what is so wrong with that?" Stephanie asked her before she paled.
"No he wouldn't." She said to them.
"This is your brother that we are talking about." Paul said to her.
"But he wouldn't do that to Sapphire. He knows that mom would kill him if he tried." She said to them.
"Do you really think that he would care about that?" Mark asked her.
"No." She said and they all got up and rushed out of the catering area. "Looks like we all are going shopping."
"Look like it." Jeff said as they rushed out in time to see Shane about to get into the limo.
"Shane!" Paul shouted to him.
Shane stopped and looked at him. "What?"
Sapphire opened the other door and looked at them. They all saw that she was confused and decided to play it off. "We were wondering if we could go too."
Shane nodded and motioned for them to get the hell in and Sapphire moved so they could. When they got in Paul and Stephanie sat on each side of Sapphire. "We just want to spend more time with you."
"Or you think that Shane here will corrupt me and I won't know what happened until it was too late." She said to them with a laugh.
"Shane told me that you guys wouldn't like it that he was taking me shopping. I asked him why and he told me." She explained when they looked at her in shock.
They all laughed and shook their heads. "Sorry we over reacted."
"No you were just looking out for me. I can't be mad at you guys for that." She said with a smile.
"So where are we going?" Jeff asked her.
"To the mall." She said and they all groaned.
"What?" She asked looking at them.
"Fans." They said together.
"I know the feeling." She said to them.
"What?" Mark asked her.
"My last book had my picture on it. I couldn't even go out in my own hometown for a month without being surrounded by fans." She said to them.
"You have a book out we haven't read?" Mark asked her shocked.
"I guess so. It's called Demon's Night." She said to them and they all smiled.
"We are so stopping at a bookstore." Jeff said and the others agreed.
"I can't go in with you." She said to them.
"Why?" Mark asked her.
"That's where it always happens at." She said to them.
"We will hide you. No one will see you when we are around you." Jeff said to her.
"Fine but if I get roped into signing some books I'm kicking your ass." She told him.
"Bring it on girl." Jeff said with a wink.
"You might like it." She said to him.
"I know I will." He said back and everyone just shook their heads and laughed.
"Back to Normal I see." Glen said to Mark.
"Looks like it." He said to him as Sapphire leaned up and swatted Jeff in the side of the head.
"Hey what was that for?" Jeff asked as he held his head.
"For the little pop up in catering when I sat down." She said with a snort before she tried to hide behind Paul.
At the mall Sapphire went shopping with Shane and Stephanie while the guys went to the bookstore to get her book they haven't read yet. "That will be nine fifty."
"What?" Jeff asked shocked.
"This book is in very high demand so we are allowed to raise the prices." The teller told him.
"I bet the author wouldn't like it because I bet she isn't getting the right amount of money for each book you sell." Mark said to him.
"Like the rich bitch needs it anyways." The teller said to him.
"Well why don't you tell her that." Glen said as Sapphire walked in the bookstore and walked over to the counter. Did I really read that right Paul charging more than five bucks for my book?" She asked him.
"Sure did. Nine fifty is what they are charging for your book." Jeff said to her.
Sapphire looked at the teller and took out her phone. "You might want to get your boss. Oh and sugar I'm no rich bitch. All the money I earn writing goes t people who need it."
The teller rushed to get the head of the store as Sapphire talked to her lawyer. When she hung up the man that owned the store was standing behind the counter. "My lawyer will be here tomorrow with papers. I will be suing you for the correct portion I should be receiving for my book sales."
"Miss Mills is that really necessary?" The man asked her.
"Yes it is because you are stealing food out of starving children's mouths and you don't even give a shit. The only money I keep is the money I am paid to write the book all the profits I make off the book go to churches, schools and other programs that help this country. How does it feel to be the cause of child starving because you are a greedy bastard?" Sapphire asked him.
"I'm buying back my books from you. Ten grand enough?" She asked him as she pulled out her check book.
"I have almost twenty boxes in my back room filled with your books. I doubt ten grand will cover it." He said to her.
"Take the ten grand or I'll add to the suit making you give back all my books you haven't sold. And believe me you won't like that." She said to him.
"Fine." He said and motioned for the hius to take down all her books and bring the other boxes out.
"Shane do me a favor get someone here to pick them up. I have a idea." Sapphire said with a smile.
"Really and what would that be?" Shane asked her.
"What if I make it where your website gets the first copies of all my new books? And allow you to sell these books on your website without asking for any of the profit as long as you donate 45% of it." She said to him.
He grabbed her and kissed her hard on the mouth. When he released her she smiled a goofy smile and then shook her head. "I'll take that as a yes. Why don't we sell these at the shows? Show them that you know good books?"
"I love the way this girl thinks." Jeff said to him.
"So do I." Shane said as he dialed a number on his cell phone.
After they had a truck pick up the books Sapphire went back to shopping. Like the guys said they made sure no one saw who she was and of course carried her and Stephanie's bags. Which turned out to be a lot. Most of them were shoes and boots. But some where ones that they planned on looking at when she wasn't looking. Some hours later they finally left the mall and headed to the hotel. "So does this mean that you get your room back and we don't have to hear Shane whine about how his room Is too small?"
"I was thinking about it and yeah I would like my room back." Sapphire said to them.
"Are you sure about this Sap? After all it could happen again." Stephanie said to her.
"No I got through it. I dealt with it and now I feel free of the pain. I haven't felt like this in a long time. Plus I want to read the rest of what my dad wrote. If he knew that what else did he know that I didn't think he did know? How will I know if I don't read about it?" Sapphire asked them.
