Lee dangled the keys between his finger and his thumb as he smiled. "I can't believe it's done," he said before tossing the keys in the air and catching them. "I thought that paperwork was never going to end."

"Well, at least it's over. And, that check your uncle gave us was a huge help. Our mortgage payment is less than what I pay now for the house in Arlington. Speaking of which, we need to figure out what we're going to do with it," Amanda said.

"Amanda, that's not my decision. That's up to you and Joe to decide what to do with it. Did you talk to him about moving in?" Lee asked as he sat back on the edge of his desk. He couldn't stop fidgeting with the keys in his hand.

"No, I didn't really have time to have a full sit down with Joe. I mean, I mentioned it, but we didn't get into any real detail," Amanda replied. She stepped close to Lee and caught the keys he was still tossing. "Listen, I have an idea. I have two hours before I need to meet with Francine. How about you and I take a ride over to the house."

Lee captured her hand with his and brushed his lips across her fingers as he whispered, "I would love to, Mrs. Stetson." Louder he stated, "Did you remember to pull out our marriage license? I already had a conversation with the Justice of the Peace and he said we don't have to worry about a new one as long as we show him our original."

"Yeah, I put it in a file folder in your desk. It should be right here," Amanda stated as she pulled open the left bottom drawer and pulled out a small stack of files. She selected one of them and handed it to him, "Here, it's right here labeled King, S."

"King, S?" Lee asked as he flipped the folder open to confirm the document inside.

"King, Stetson. I couldn't think of anything else," Amanda giggled.

"Okay, okay, let's put this away before someone sees it," Lee said as he closed the folder again and dropped it back into the drawer. He took Amanda's hand and just before he grabbed the doorknob, Beaman pushed the door open.

"Mrs. King! I was looking for you!" he exclaimed.

Amanda looked at Lee, eyes wide then back at Beaman. "I'm right here. What can I do for you, Ephraim?" she asked nervously.

"Billy informed me you will be working with me all week. I just wanted to stop by and let you know we'll be meeting on Level Four this afternoon. Room one 'O' three," he stated.

"Oh, I thought Mr. Melrose said I wasn't starting with you until tomorrow morning… I… We… well, Francine and I have a… a… meeting this afternoon," Amanda stuttered out.

"Yeah, a meeting at two, wasn't it? To go over your report from the case you were working on last week when I was away, wasn't that it?" Lee tried to help.

Beaman looked from Amanda to Lee suspiciously. "Fine then, I'll expect to see you first thing tomorrow morning. Same room," he stated.

Amanda sighed, relieved. She felt Lee's hand drop to her waist protectively. "Is there anything else you need, Beaman?" Lee asked.

"No, no, I'll see you tomorrow, Mrs. King. Sorry to interrupt," Beaman said as he stepped back into the hall.

Lee closed and locked the door behind them and together they descended the steps to the foyer. "Mrs. Marston, Amanda and I need to step out for a bit. If anyone comes looking for us, will you let them know we'll be back around one thirty? Please?" Lee asked sweetly, giving Mrs. Marston the best smile he could.

"I am not your personal secretary, Scarecrow, BUT should anyone ask I'll let them know," she replied sternly. She couldn't hide her smile when Lee reached over and patted her hand in thanks. "That'll get you nowhere with me, Scarecrow."

"Thank you, Mrs. Marston," Amanda laughed as they departed the building. Lee drove to their new house in Barclay Knolls. As he pulled into the driveway, Amanda uttered a low, "Wow."

"Wow what?" he asked as he climbed out of the car. He walked around and opened Amanda's door for her, offering his hand for her to climb out.

"I can't believe it's ours. I feel like this is all a dream and at some point, someone is going to pinch me and wake me up," she admitted.

Lee gently pinched her cheek, laughing as he said, "Well if it's a dream, we're in it together. Now come on, let's check out our new home." He grasped her hand and pulled her to the front door. Lee quickly unlocked the door and before Amanda could say anything, he scooped her up into his arms and carried her over the threshold.

"Lee! What are you doing?" she laughed as just as quickly he set her on her feet and punched in the security code to disarm the alarm. Lee pushed the door closed behind her and pulled her to his chest. He lowered his lips to hers and kissed her passionately, leaving them both breathless. "Wow!" Amanda uttered again.

"Still think you're dreaming?" Lee whispered against her lips.

"Maybe. I may need one more kiss, just to be sure," Amanda teased. She was about to speak again, but Lee captured her face in his hands and covered her mouth again with his. He gently stroked her cheekbones with his thumbs as his tongue stroked hers. Amanda hummed happily as she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer. "Ok, I'm not dreaming because my dreams are never this good," she panted when they finally separated.

Lee kissed her lips gently one last time before he let her go. He took a step back and with a deep breath tamped down his rising desire. He unbuttoned his top button on his shirt and exhaled as he said, "We probably shouldn't do that again. Not right now."

Amanda fingered the neckline of his shirt and teased, "What's the matter, Scarecrow? Getting too hot under the collar for you?"

Lee caught her fingers with his hand, brought them to his lips before saying, "You are one bewitching woman, Mrs. Stetson. But before you pull me deeper into your spell, we should talk about our home here. Unless you want to miss your meeting with Francine?"

Amanda bit her bottom lip and laughed. "What do you want to talk about?"

"Well, I was thinking," Lee began as he took her hand and pulled her into the kitchen. "The house looks pretty clean. I think the agency did a thorough job before they released it. So, what I was thinking is, if I can use your car this week, I can start bringing all the boxes over from my apartment and stack them in the garage in the afternoons. Maybe grab the boys to help one day. I don't have too much more to pack and other than the furniture, there isn't much else there."

"That sounds like a great idea, Sweetheart. The garage is plenty big enough to hold everything and when we get back from our honeymoon, if we can get that extra week off from Billy, then we can move the majority of the stuff," Amanda agreed.

"Get a moving company for the big stuff. I guess we just need to decide where everything is going, what we're keeping and what we're storing," Lee continued.

Amanda opened the door to the garage and looked around the wide-open space, then turned and looked back to the kitchen again. She retraced their steps into the main foyer and then quickly moved up the stairs to the second floor. Lee followed, unsure what she was doing. Amanda stopped and took out a small notepad from her purse as well as a pen. She climbed the stairs to their master bedroom and stated, "Let's start here. We can make a list of furniture we want to go where and what we're not sure of, we can discuss it later."

Lee looked around the room and started pointing, "Okay, for starters, where do you want to put the bed? We can put it here, between the windows or over there between the closet doors."

Amanda stood in one spot then moved to the other. She opened the door and walked inside the expansive closet before checking out the other, identically sized closet. She stood between the doors one last time then stated, "I think the couch needs to go here, the bed over there, your desk there and your chest right there. We can put the bedside tables under the windows and then you won't have to worry about the window open on your side of the bed."

"Amanda, did you say the couch?" Lee asked surprised.

Amanda nodded and with a sly smile added, "Where else would we put that couch?"