Edith handed Amber a plate with the words, “I can’t believe you’re still with him. He must be The One.”
Amber rolled her eyes. She hadn’t spent a ton of time with her friends in town since the New Year—since breaking up with Dwayne and starting a relationship with Lance. She worked a lot, and spent most of her free time with Lance, but with his mother moving in the following morning, he’d gone to stay with her for the night so he could load as much as possible into the truck tonight.
His family would be coming to help tomorrow, and Amber was already nervous about seeing them again.
“I like him,” she said.
“And yet you didn’t tell Jewel no to the new job.”
“She hasn’t even asked again,” Amber said. “It’s fine. You and Katrina made it sound like I’d be stupid to reject the job so soon.”
