will be the last of it. Oh, and the guns in the safe. I suppose I can’t leave Hank’s weapons here. I’d throw them away, but that’s probably not good either. I don’t want to keep anything of his.”
“We’ll take them to a gun store and sell them before we leave town,” Vivien said. “That way you’ll have a receipt that proves you properly disposed of them.”
Jameson returned with a duffle bag and grabbed the trash bag. “I’m going to take all the garbage out and put new liners in the bins before we go.”
“Thank you.” Sue could tell he was trying to help her get through the house as quickly as possible.
Vivien kneeled and started shoving the clothes into the bag. “Just these?”
“Yep.” Sue went to the closet and dropped some shirts on the pile, hangers and all.
She then went to open the gun safe in the closet. She put the weapons and ammo into one of Hank’s suitcases, along with his paperwork. Then, writing the combination on a sticky note, she affixed it to the door.
“Clothes are done. Jameson is putting them in the car.” Vivien touched Sue’s shoulder. “What is it?”
“I was thinking that I’m lucky Hank decided to use a hammer and not any of his knives or guns.” She gestured to his bag. “He had enough of this crap.”
“Let’s go sell them, and you can use the profits to buy an entire section of self-help books for empowering women,” Vivien suggested. “Or romance novels with alpha women. Whichever he’d hate more.”
Sue chuckled.
“I love you, Viv. I don’t know where I’d be if it wasn’t for you, Lorna, and Heather.” Sue rolled her eyes. “And Julia, of course.”
“Anything else?” Jameson asked, joining them. His focused expression said he was determined to get this over with for her. “The realtor is waiting for you in the kitchen to sign some papers.”
Sue smiled at him.
“What?” he asked.
“I love you,” she said. “I’m glad you’re here.”
At that, his expression softened. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her gently. “I love you, too. And where else would I be but here with you?”
“That’s sweet,” Vivien interrupted. “Jameson, be a doll and put this bag in the back seat. And be extra careful with it.”
He furrowed his brow as he looked at the suitcase.
“I’ll go look over the papers for you,” Vivien said as an excuse to leave. “I’ll have her meet you outside so I can smudge the negative energy out of here before it gets new owners.”
“Viv is kind of bossy,” Jameson noted.
“She wants to make this as fast as possible for me. Plus, she knows her business with this real estate stuff. I’m lucky to have her.” Sue stayed in his arms. “I’m lucky to have you too.”
“So dare I ask, what’s in the bag?”
“Self-help books and romance novels with strong female leads,” Sue answered. “Or they will be. In my purse is a new archway in the wall between our stores. And right now, I’m going to go sign some papers that will give me the rest of what I need for remodeling.”
Jameson picked up the suitcase, and they walked out of the house together.
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