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“It is a comfort,” he said. “You know, you can come up and visit me.”
“If you can’t come down for lunch, the last thing I want to do is bug you,” she said. “You could be in a meeting.”
“Or just getting work done,” he said. “But that doesn’t mean if you did come up we couldn’t eat in my office for ten minutes or so.”
“Really?” she asked. “I can do that if you let me know.” She smiled.
“I will. And if Stella is giving you a hard time, you can let me know.”
“I’m not bothering you with my problems. Least of all when you’re working. You don’t need to take on my drama.”
He knew she’d say that. “I know. But I don’t think it’s drama.”
“It is,” she said. “You’ll feel as if you’ve got to fix it and there isn’t anything to fix. I said I’d give it one year and we’ll see how it goes. It seems to me something more is going on. I just don’t know what.”
“What do you mean?”
She explained how there were whispers before they went away and then a few more on Monday. “I don’t know how much is truth or fiction, but Stella has been in a mood since I returned. I haven’t asked anyone if I missed something while I was gone.”
“Stay out of it,” he said. “It’s better to just do your job.”
“That’s what I’m doing. Change of subject. When is Abby moving?”
“She put her notice in at her job and is packing up. She’ll be living here before the holidays. She’ll start work with Laken the first of the year.”
“That’s great. What a wonderful opportunity. I’m sure it’d be hard to work for your husband.”
“Which she said she’s not doing.”
“Come on now,” Lilian said. “It’s the same thing.”
Not what he wanted to hear. “Yes and no. He might sign the checks, but Laken will be her boss. Trust me, they won’t cross paths on work terms much. Laken is good that way. No drama.”
His sister would respect the lines of West and Abby’s relationship at the same time knowing Abby would respect the business lines and the relationship Laken and West had.
He knew Lily would be the same way, but he couldn’t ask his sister to take her on when she was taking on Abby.
“I wish ‘no drama’ was my new mantra.”
“You can make it that,” he said. He lifted his hand for the bill, then handed over his credit card.
“I try to,” she said.
“How about after work you go pack a few things and I’ll come get you. Stay until the weekend?”
“What?” she asked.
“We stayed together last week for longer than before and didn’t kill each other.”
She laughed. “We didn’t, but that was different. I’ve got laundry and a few other things to do tonight. How about tomorrow night?”
She was at least compromising. He’d work late tonight so that he could get out at a decent time the next two nights.
“That works,” he said.
He signed his name to the bill and was walking out when he heard Lily’s name called.
They turned and looked. “Hi, Aaron. How are you?”
