Quot;Well, then I feel very honored to have dinner with you tonight," Canton said, raising her glass in toast.

Randi clinked her glass against Canton's. "I'm just so happy you're back. It's amazing I was able to miss you, considering."

Canton gave her a sweet smile. "I missed you, too."

"How did it go? What's your next move?"

"It went very well, and my next move is to sign leasing agreements with Re/Max for my new office location."

Randi stopped, bite halfway to her mouth. "Really? You've already found a place?"

"Yes, ma'am. While I was gone I had an agent scouting out a good location for my new practice, and I think we've found the perfect one. I was with her there today looking it over. It's in a great spot, right on the corner of 5^th and Lincoln. Nice-size offices, two filing rooms and it's already wired for what I'll need, as it used to be a dentists' office before."

"That's wonderful!" Randi raised her glass in a new toast. "To new beginnings."

Canton smiled, recognizing her own toast from weeks before. "To new beginnings."

Canton insisted on helping Randi clean up the dinner dishes, regardless of how hard Randi tried to get her to sit down and relax. Deciding to give it up, the two worked side by side washing, rinsing and drying the dishes.

Quot;The only thing about this place is I wish it had a dishwasher," Randi lamented, sticking another plate in the sink of hot rinse water.

Canton grinned. "Isn't it amazing how the smallest things can spoil us?"

"Isn't that the truth."

Quot;Do you miss your house? All the fun little toys in it?" Canton asked, putting a stack of dried dishes in the cabinet where Randi had shown her they go.

"In some ways. I miss the space and my yard. But honestly, that's about it. I like it here; it's a good place to be for now."

Date: 2015-02-28; view: 525