"And you're sure this is okay?" asked Camilla as she and Reggie entered their new temporary home.
"My dad cleared it with her it's fine."
"But this is Erica Kane's Penthouse! Erica Kane! You're really sure." asked Camilla as she stepped into the luxurious and beautifully decorated home of one of her all time idols.
"I'm really sure." said Reggie with a grin but when he took in the clean white apartment full of expensive looking art work it did give him pause. "We may have to do a little child proofing first though."
"It's beautiful." gasped Camilla rushing to the window to get a view of the Marina, "I don't believe we get to live here!"
"It's only until Erica comes out of hospital. Hopefully we will have found a place of our own by then. Although clearly we'd be hard pressed to find something this swanky on our budget."
"I think Jackson said the spare room was up the stairs on the right." said Camilla walking back from the window to pick up her suitcase.
"I've got that." said Reggie taking the case from her hand and planting a quick kiss on her lips in exchange. "You go and explore."
As Reggie disappeared up the staircase Camilla found herself frozen in amazement as the realisation sunk in. Erica Kane had been right here, sitting on that couch, using that phone, maybe even standing on the exact same spot on the rug. Camilla felt star struck.
Reggie came back down the stairs to find Camilla still frozen in place.
He laughed.
"You know we won't be able to live here if you're too afraid to touch anything."
"But the Erica Kane…" gasped Camilla.
"Yes the Erica Kane lives here," said Reggie putting his arms around his girlfriend's waist, "But right now it's also home to the Camilla Russell and the Reggie Montgomery and the adorable Ayesha Russell."
Camilla grinned.
"Yes it is."
"So what do you say we make this place Ayesha proof and then we can move in the rest of our stuff."
"And how do we do that?" asked Camilla a frown forming on her forehead.
"For a start we move anything that looks like it's worth over five grand into Erica's bedroom out of the way… also anything that looks like it will be ruined by sticky fingers… and maybe we can find a throw for the couch."
Camilla nodded.
"That's not going to leave us with a lot of furniture." she said carefully picking up a white vase from the coffee table.
"Erica is doing us a big favour." said Reggie as he picked up the slightly larger vase beside it, "The least we can do is keep her things nice and safe."
"Okay." said Camilla, not wanting to think about how much the ceramic on her hand was worth. "Which way to Erica's room?"
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