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“Not intentionally, Soph. I just saw a bungalow that I thought we’d love. It’s not like I put down an offer without talking to you. I’d never do that.”
“I know, but we made plans.”
Molly met Finley’s eyes, and it was clear that they were both feeling a little awkward about being involved in the conversation with three people they didn’t know and the topic being relationship issues. Neither of them said anything because they didn’t want to be rude, and Finley really wanted to keep eating her food before it got cold, but she thought that might be rude, too.
“Plansdochange,” Candace offered with another shoulder shrug.
“Your family was the reason you couldn’t move to Tennessee with me. I know I wanted to live here more than you wanted to livethere, but the family thing is…”
“No longer an issue,” Sophie finished.
Finley ate a fry and hoped no one noticed.
“Well, yeah,” Bryce said. “And I wanted you to come to LA with me to spend time there when I’m not working to see if we like it.”
“Do you two maybe want a drink?” Candace said more than asked. “Seems like you could both use one.”
“No, we’re just picking up the food we ordered ahead,” Sophie replied. “We have a lot of talking to do at home. This came up in the car, so I wasn’t exactly prepared.”
Bryce nodded in agreement and said, “I got a text from the production company about the possible job on the way here, and I should’ve waited until Sophie wasn’t behind the wheel. I thinkshe parked the car half in two different spots in the lot down the street.”
“We’ll get out of your hair now,” Sophie said. “Sorry for bringing our drama to your table. I hope we didn’t mess up your date.”
“Oh, it’s–” Finley began.
“No problem,” Molly interrupted. “It was nice meeting you.”
“Was it?” Bryce replied with a laugh.
Sophie laughed, too, shaking her head at her girlfriend, and took Bryce’s hand.
“Come on,” she said.
Then, the two women walked off toward the bar, where the waitress gave them their food containers.
“They’ll be fine,” Candace said. “Honestly, I think they will just move there. Sophie works from home and can live anywhere in the US, and she loves Bryce. I don’t think she cares where they live as long as they’re together. Then again, what do I know? I’m just the owner of this friendly neighborhood watering hole.” Candace stood up. “Sure I can’t get you anything else?”
“Maybe a to-go box?” Finley asked. “I can’t eat all this.”
“What happened to being hungry?” Molly teased.
“I am, but this is huge. It’s delicious, though, so I want to eat half and save the other half for lunch tomorrow.”
Molly smiled at her and asked, “Can I get one, too? I can’t eat all of these, either.”
“Do you need a to-gobowlfor your sour cream?” Finley teased back.
“Maybe,” Molly said, wiggling her eyebrows.
Candace brought them their to-go containers, and they ate a few more bites before packing everything up.
“So, should we head out?” Molly asked.
“Oh. Yeah, we can, if you want.”
“It’s getting late, and we have work tomorrow,” Molly said.
“Let me get the check, and we can go.”
