He was silent on the other end.
“Div? You still there?”
“I’m still here.” His tone was flat. “I’m afraid to ask, but why do we need a woman from a talent agency?”
“We’re going to hire someone to play my girlfriend.”
Div groaned, and I grinned. “I’m on it,” he said with reluctance.
“Great. Thanks, buddy.”
We hung up, and I headed back into the restaurant as a few people were leaving.
“Did you hear that Keiko is moving to the mainland?” a woman asked her friend. “She’s going to sell the restaurant to Avery.”
The other woman shook her head. “No, Avery tried to get a loan this morning, and they rejected her. She doesn’t have a high enough income.”
The other woman’s mouth dropped. “That poor thing.”
I watched the women walk away, and I remembered my mom mentioning this inside the rest
