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salmon.” Turning to Sammy he asked, “You do like fish, don’t you?”
    “I love fish. I’m not a huge meat eater. I don’t eat
red meat at all, but I love salmon. It’s my favorite fish.”
    Slater’s bear preened at Sammy’s comment, and Slater
himself was happy as he loved his fish and wasn’t a big red meat eater.
    “Sure, I’ll make my salmon dish. Go sit down and
relax, and I’ll bring it out personally,” Richard said.
    Slater reached out and held Sammy’s hand again as
they walked out of the kitchen, and he guided her to the corner table he had
for them. Letting his hand drop from hers he pulled her chair out, and Slater
waited until she sat in it before he slid her into the table and took his own
seat.
    “Slater, your restaurant is beautiful.   I love the natural colors and the soothing
waterfall outside.”
    “Thank you. It’s one of my favorites. I own a couple
with my cousins. My brothers even have shares in this one.” Moving his legs
under the table so his feet sat between her legs, he held one of his hands out,
and Sammy held it and they twined their fingers together.   “Speaking of family, my mother and father
have been asking me to bring you around to meet them. Well begging is more like
it. My mother is super excited that one of her sons will have a mate.”
    Slater watched as Sammy froze. Her eyes went wide,
and she tried to snatch her hand from his. She bit her lip, and her gaze darted
everywhere but him. “I don’t think that’s a good idea right now. We’ve only
started dating, and … um … what about Brock?”
    He could see how scared and uncomfortable she was.
Maybe he should wait and bring this up another time, but he really was sick of
telling his family about his mate and them never seeing her. “My parents are
nothing like Brock’s. I didn’t have nannies raise me. My mother stayed home and
was a soccer mum. My mum is like you, human.”
    Sammy gasped. “You never said anything about that.
How did she meet your father?”
    Slater chuckled.   “Like any normal person. At a concert I believe. My mum doesn’t call it
that. She calls it a festival.   I’m sure
she’ll tell you the story when you meet her.”
    Sammy nodded. “Okay, if you’re sure, I’ll meet
them.”
    He leaned down and brought her hand up and kissed
it. “Thanks, beautiful.”
    Sammy grinned at him and relaxed. “Did you say one
of your mother’s sons? Do you have brothers or sisters?”
    He told her about his brothers and reminded himself
that he needed to call his mother tonight. She would be so excited.
    ****
    Slater arrived early to take Sammy driving. After
the success of yesterday’s lunch he was keen to spend more time with Sammy. She
opened the door before he even had the chance to ring the doorbell.
    “You’re early. That’s good.” Sammy grabbed his hand
and held it in hers as she almost ran to the Commodore. “Come on. I can’t wait
to get in the driver’s seat again.”
    Slater chuckled at Sammy’s enthusiasm as she opened
his car door and pushed him in, ran around to the passenger side, opened the
door and got in her seat and shut the door.
    “Where are you going to take me? The same place as Brock, or somewhere new?”
    Starting the car he put the car into gear and drove
toward the beach. “The same as Brock. I think that’s
the best for the first couple of lessons.”
    Sammy bounced in her seat with excitement the whole
ten minute drive to the beach. She got her L plates out of the glove
compartment, and as soon as he parked she was out of the car and putting them
on the car.
    Slater got out and took a deep breath in of the sea
air before he walked around to the passenger side and got in. Sammy was in the
driver’s side fixing the mirror and seat.
    “Okay, so what did you start with Brock yesterday?”
    Both of Sammy’s hands sat on the top of the wheel,
and she had a huge grin on her face. “We reversed out and drove down to the end
of the car-park and