“What? What about this place?”
“It’s not going anywhere,” River replied. “I might just open another store. We’ve really been doing well recently, and I’ve had a ton of online orders as well. I can barely keep up. I had to hire two more people, so now would be the time to start planning.”
“That’s great, River. Amazing, really. Maybe we’ll both end up living there.”
“Maybe. Strange how this all worked out, huh?”
“You can say that.” Lacey chuckled. “I’m in love with Cameron Levine, and you love Kennedy Gannon.”
“And they love us back,” River said.
“Who would have thought?”
“Yeah. Butweare good, aren’t we? I know we’ve been busy, but we’re good.”
“We’d be better if I didn’t accidentally walk in on your girlfriend tossing the dildo you were wearing under the counter.”
“Shit. You saw that?”
Lacey took another bite of her ice cream and said, “Oh, yeah.”
“Can you pretend like you didn’t?”
“Nope. Cemented into my brain, unfortunately,” Lacey laughed. “But Cam and I will get out of here so that you two can…” She pointed down under the counter. “You know.”
“It’s her last night. She leaves tomorrow.”
“It’s not her last night, River. You’ll be going back and forth for a while, but it’s not her last night.”
“I guess you’re right.”
“I’ll get my girlfriend so you can have the rest of your night with yours, but I don’t want us to turn into strangers. I’ve missed you, you know?”
“I’ve missed you, too, Lace.”
“Want to hang out one day soon?”
“Only if you promise not to mention what you saw tonight ever again.”
Lacey chuckled and replied, “Deal.”
“Hey, Kennedy is kicking us out,” Cameron said when she emerged through the door.
“Probably because she and River want to have strap-on sex in that back room, or it would’ve made no sense for River to have it on down here.”
“Lace!” River laughed.
“What did you tell her?” Kennedy asked, playfully pushing Cameron aside to get to River.
“I didn’t say anything. She saw it.”
“Well, have fun with that,” Cameron replied, laughing. “Lace, want to go home now before they start going at it?”
“So much,” Lacey said and then added, “Don’t be a stranger, River Ervin.”
“I won’t,” she replied.
“Same to you, Cameron,” Kennedy said.
