“Maybe. We’ll see how the moving goes.”
Bethany nodded. “Because I’m sure Tara would like to see her mom.” She paused for a minute. “I’m glad that guy Dirk left.”
“Me too.”
“Calli isn’t.”
“She’ll get over it.”
Bethany wrinkled her nose. “Why did she hook up with someone like that?”
“I think you have to be older to understand.”
She rolled her eyes. “God,” she said. “You sound just like my mother.” And she ran off with Tara leading the way.
I was thinking how complicated my life had gotten when John materialized next to me. He leaned over and gave me a poke in the ribs with his elbow.
“You getting some new furniture?” he asked. “Or is someone moving in?”
“Can’t stand not knowing something, can you?”
He grinned. “You’re damned right I can’t.”
“Someone’s moving in.”
John rocked back on his heels and adjusted the brim of his baseball hat. “The black guy?”
“Yup.”
John smiled. “He play golf?”
“Yes.”
“Is he any good?”
“Very.”
At that moment, Manuel and George came out of the house. John moved toward them.
“Can I give you guys a hand?”
They started chatting, but I wasn’t listening.
Who knew? Maybe everything would work out. Maybe George and I would live happily ever after.
If we could just figure out how to fit all his stuff in my house.
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