Adam was still doubtful.
“If you haven’t been in the house all this time, how would you know? Does he know your whereabouts when you travel?”
“No. But he does know how to get in touch with me if there is ever a problem with the house. He has contacted me on a few rare occasions—like when there was a water leak that caused a lot of damage—to ask me how I wanted to handle it, although I’ve given them a fund to take care of things like that.”
“Just be careful, Maddie. I don’t have a good feeling about this.”
She stared straight ahead.
Finally she said, “Do you think you could get used to living in a place like this, Adam?”
“Are you kidding? This is my dream home. Twist my arm.”
She walked over to him, put her arms around his neck, pressed her body against his, and kissed him tenderly.
She whispered against his lips, “That’s why I brought you here. See what a powerful manifestor you are?”
Surprised, he pulled back to look at her.
“Me? What are you talking about?”
“I’m talking about our relationship and this house and everything in it.”
“Please don’t take this the wrong way, but our relationship started with a chance meeting. And this is your house, Maddie, not mine.”
“There’s no such thing as a chance meeting. You manifested it with your thoughts and you didn’t even know it. And haven’t you always dreamed of prosperity and wealth? Well, what’s mine is yours. I love you and I want to share everything I have with you. You also manifested all of this.”
Adam considered it.
“I think you manifested all of this, Maddie.”
She shook her head.
“I tried to leave you, remember?”
“Um, yeah, that one’s not easy to forget.”
“You brought me back. Your thoughts and feelings were so strong that you manifested me coming back.”
“But I didn’t consciously think, ‘I’m manifesting Maddie back into my life.’”
“Adam, our thoughts become things. What we focus intently on is what we manifest. Whether they are conscious or subconscious thoughts, they become what we experience. And you, my love, are a powerful manifestor.”
Before he could answer, she pulled him closer to her and kissed him deeply. Her tongue explored his. His body responded to her immediately. He began to run his hands up under her shirt.
“Ahem,” said Helen, appearing in the doorway. “Excuse me, but dinner will be ready soon. Would you care to join us for those gin and tonics?”
Startled, Adam and Maddie released their embrace and stepped apart.
“Thank you, Helen. We’ll be right there,” said Maddie as she straightened her shirt.
Creepy.
Dinner with Helen and Ian was different than dinner with Sancha and Mel. The conversation was superficial, even after a few gin and tonics. The food was delicious, but Adam was glad when Ian and Helen retreated to their wing of the house. He couldn’t put his finger on it, but he just didn’t feel comfortable around them.
Maddie said, “There are a few more things I want to show you. Follow me.”
She led him down a dimly lit, concrete passageway that didn’t fit in with the rest of the house. Adam thought it resembled the entrance to the Bat Cave. At the end of the corridor, there were shelves that contained various types of helmets, boots, and motorcycle gear, and a clothes rack where a few leather jackets were hung.
Light reflected off the large metal door as Maddie opened it. When they stepped inside, Adam got his first glimpse of Maddie’s vehicle collection. He froze and covered his open mouth with both hands.
“You’ve got to be kidding me!” he said. “This is freakin’ awesome!”
Maddie laughed and said, “Boys and their toys.”
“Look who’s talking. You’re the one with a garage full of cars and motorcycles.”
“They’re investments.”
“You mean to tell me you don’t ever drive any of them?”
She looked down and said, “Um, rarely.”
Realizing his blunder, Adam said, “I’m sorry. I wasn’t thinking.”
“It’s okay. Take a look around. Try them out.”
“You mean I can touch them?”
“Of course. Check out the interiors, too.”
Like a kid in a candy store, Adam wove through the maze of rare Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Porsches, Mercedes, Kawasakis, Ducatis, and Harley Davidsons, pretending to drive each one. He had never seen any of them in real life. He couldn’t believe it.
“I wish we could take them for a test drive,” said Maddie, “but I don’t think it’s a good idea at the moment.”
Adam got annoyed every time he was reminded that Maddie was not free to live her life out in the open. He wished he could do something about it. As he was thinking, he saw something that caused him to stop in his tracks. There before him was a Harley Davidson Cosmic Starship and, not one but two 1962 260 CSX2000 Shelby Cobras—one red and one blue.
Adam blinked, rubbed both eyes, and blinked again. His mouth fell open again as he covered it with both hands. Those were the exact models he had mentioned to Maddie when she was teaching him how to use RTP.
“Well, what do you think?” said Maddie.
“They’re incredible. They’re even more amazing than I dreamed they would be.”
Maddie motioned for him to try them out.
“Seriously? I don’t want to mess them up.”
Grinning, she said, “I can fix them if you do.”
He gingerly took a seat in the red Shelby Cobra, leaned back, and closed his eyes.
“Do you like them?”
“Like them? I’m in heaven. I love them.”
“They’re yours then. The motorcycle and both cars.”
Adam blinked and looked at Maddie sideways, not sure if he had heard her right.
“Maddie, that’s very generous of you, but I can’t accept these.”
“Why not?”
“They’re way too expensive. I can’t afford them.”
“There’s no cost. You manifested them. They are yours.”
“I don’t mean to seem ungrateful, but I didn’t manifest them. They were already here. They’ve been yours all along.”
“Don’t you see, Adam? You stated that you wanted them. Do you think it was a coincidence that you just happened to perfectly describe a motorcycle and two cars I
