“Not like that,” Cameron replied. “I mean– Well, that, too, yeah.”
“Cam!” Lacey exclaimed.
“I meant that I’m helping her with her massage business. I have been an excellent administrative assistant if I do say so myself.”
“You’re an admin for someone?” Kennedy laughed.
“Yes, I am. I answer calls and take bookings for her.”
“Do the people who call know who they’re talking to?” Kennedy asked.
“No way. I made up a name. When I’m working for Lace, I’m Rhonda.”
“Rhonda?” River laughed a little and took in her ex.
She hadn’t seen Lacey in a while, and they texted every so often now, but they had both been so busy with their jobs and new relationships that it hadn’t been a regular thing or anything. Lacey looked good, though. She looked really happy. Cameron looked happy, too. River then looked over at her own girlfriend, and she thought Kennedy looked happy as well.
“It works. Plus, I’ve been looking at houses,” Cameron shared.
“Where?” Kennedy asked.
“Here. Well, I’m looking at condos here. I’ll find something in LA when I go back to work. Lace and I have been talking about maybe moving up there.”
“Moving? What about your clients?” River asked.
“Not right now. She means, like, next year maybe. And I don’t know. I think I can make it work, going back and forth for a while until I get new clients up there and phase out the ones down here.”
“I thought you wanted an office at some point,” River said. “Not driving forever.”
“I do, yeah. That’s one of the things we’ll figure out, but I think I can find something small in a decent spot up there and take out a loan if I need it.”
“Wow! I guess I never expected you to leave here.”
“I didn’t think I would, but Cam’s job is primarily up there.”
“Condo would be an investment?” Kennedy asked.
Cameron nodded and said, “We’d rent it out after we move, if we do. Technically, I haven’t officially asked Lacey to move in with me yet, but her lease will be up, and I’m looking at three-bedroom condos so that we have space and can get the air hockey table we both want.” She winked at Lacey.
“She just loves kicking my ass at that ridiculous game,” Lacey said, laughing.
“I’m glad, Cam,” Kennedy said. “You’re getting all the things you want. I’m happy for you.”
“Yeah, me too. You good?”
Kennedy looked at River and replied, “All good, yeah. We’ve basically been living together since we started dating, haven’t we?”
“Kind of, yeah,” River said.
“The times have changed, huh?” Lacey joked.
“I’m growing as a person,” she said and rolled her eyes at herself. “Hey, do you guys want something? Did you get the ice cream yet?”
“Uh, no. They were really busy, and we didn’t feel like getting our pictures taken, so we were going to pick something up at a drive-through on the way home.”
“Want something from here?” River offered. “I have the homemade stuff, not that ice milk they sell.”
Lacey laughed and said, “Itisreally good.”
