Chapter 6: Lunch
Beth sends Mick a quick text as she makes her way towards Candice's office. They had lunch plans but Candice had canceled saying she needed to stay at the office as she was waiting for an important phone call but Beth could hear her friends voice, she wanted to talk. Not wanting her to miss the call or their lunch she decided to go to the office and surprise her.
The door is open when she gets to it and Beth leans against the frame and looks at Candice, "Looks like you could use a break."
Candice looks up at Beth and smiles. "You couldn't come to the loft for lunch so I figured we'd have lunch here."
"Have a seat I'll be able to take a break in just a moment." Candice went back to what she was reading before for a minute setting her pen in the sea of papers and standing up.
As she joined her friend on the couch and took the offered glass of blood she was thankful Beth had come by. "So you said something came up?"
"Someone broke into Ashton's San Francisco office and he asked David to come and redo his security system and help him hire and train trustworthy men."
Beth watched as Candice spoke, "Is he going to go?"
"He's already there." Candice took a long drink of her blood. "He left late last night."
"How do you feel about it?"
She smiled, "I'm fine with him going to help. He wanted us to go together but this investigation with Josef came up and I can't leave right now. I told him to go. If you called me and needed me to get on a plane and go somewhere to help you I'd be on a plane no problem and if he couldn't come I'd expect him to understand. I'll miss him like crazy while he's gone but it's only for a little bit. We have eternity to be together."
Beth reached over and squeezed her hand, "And he'll miss you even more I'm sure."
Candice couldn't help but yawn. Looking over at Beth she smiled, "I didn't sleep much."
"Missing him?"
"Not yet. I was giving him plenty to remember why he was away. When he left I passed out almost instantly in bed never managed to make it to the freezer."
Beth couldn't help but grin at that. "You'll just have to get into that freezer tonight."
"I will. I woke up a couple hours later to the alarm and found a text from David." she finished her drink. "So how are you? Anything new?"
Beth shrugged, "More cheating spouses needing to be caught. The one we're working on now he's being cautious. We haven't been able to get a single shot. We know he's cheating, we can hear and smell it but we can't go to our client and say that she needs hard evidence so she can clean him out in divorce court."
"I often wonder if these people ever really had genuine trust in their partner. You can have love, passion, and other things in common to make a good match but you have to have trust. I trust David and he trusts me. I couldn't be with someone without it, I mean to be with someone and always worry when they are away from your side that they might be with someone else. It'd drive you crazy."
"I agree. I feel the same way about Mick. Sometimes I get a bit…territorial so does Mick. You won't believe how often our jobs take us to strip clubs. When he goes he's propositioned by every girl there and when I go in all the men think I'm coming in for my shift and wanting me to come give them a private dance."
Candice was nodding, "Yes that's the vampire nature I suppose but still you know he wouldn't go off and cheat on you. I was a bit jealous of Mia even though I trusted David. It was more that I knew he wasn't telling me things but he was telling her."
"But you guys are stronger than ever," Beth nudged her shoulder grinning.
"Yeah we are," Candice smiled.
Deciding to lighten the mood before Candice had to get back to work and she had to go relieve Mick on the stake out Beth told Candice about Kayla's questions. Candice laughed and she listened to Beth tell it. She hadn't been expecting it to come out like that. Candice awe'd when Beth told her Kayla asked if she'd be one even though she was only adopted then laughed at her saying she wanted to grow up.
"I never pictured myself with kids before but I can't imagine my life without her."
The phone in the office starts to ring as both women are contemplating their lives and how they are completely different than they imagined but so much better. Candice stands up and heads to the phone, "Hello."
It was the phone call she had been waiting for. "Yes I can hold while you connect me."
Once she was on hold she turned to Beth, "Hey this is the call I've been waiting on."
"No problem." Beth stood up and went to the small bar sink to rinse out their glasses. "I have to go relieve Mick. Don't work too hard."
"I won't. Thanks for coming by. "
Beth headed out to the door. "You know if you need anything call day or night."
Shutting the door behind her Beth headed to the elevator. She pulled out her phone to text Mick that she was finished with lunch with Candice and on her way to see him. He text back before the elevator reached the garage telling her where he was. Beth couldn't help but laugh, "Like I said we always end up at a strip club."
To Be Continued…
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