Spencer's Place

By Friday, Rita found the time to come over to Spencer's. As soon as she neared the restored farmhouse, she found herself impressed by the scale of Spencer's property. When Spencer answered the door, Rita said "Hey Spence."

"Come on in."

Spencer lead Rita inside, who scanned his open living space with an agape jaw.

Seeing that his guest was speechless, Spencer said "So you like it?"

"Yeah... Very impressive."

"Thanks. Guess that means a lot coming from a realtor."

"I'd like to think so."

Spencer chuckled. "Can I get you anything, or do you wanna start the tour now?"

"I won't say no to a coffee."

"Good. That's about the only thing I can make that tastes nice."

Spencer led his guest to the kitchen. He then got started on the drinks as he asked "So how's Oscar doing?"

"Yeah, pretty good. Had bit of a run-in with some kid called Tyler, but otherwise alright."

"Ugh. He's a little turd."

Rita shrugged. "Yeah, sounds like it."

"So how about you?"

"Good. I mean busy, but that's... good."

"Well so long it's going smoothly."

"Yeah. I mean everyone's really friendly, and it's peaceful here, you know?"

Spencer nodded. "So Avonwick's already growing on you?"

"It sure is. Wish I'd made the move years ago."

"So do I to be honest."

For a second, Spencer felt a pang of guilt as he remembered why he moved to Avonwickm, but that subsided when Rita said "Gonna hope everyone else starts feeling that way."

"Hopefully." Spencer then handed Rita a fresh cup of coffee, for which she thanked him for. "So you got any plans for the weekend?"

"Actually, I was going to ask you about that?"

Spencer cocked his head to the side. "What did you have in mind?"

"Well, I was gonna ask you what is there to do around here?"

"Uhh, well there's the Carter Trail if you're into hiking. Otherwise, most people just get drunk and play pool at McClaren's."

"Second one sounds more like me."

"Heh. Fair enough."

"Would you wanna come around? Would be good to have at least one familiar face."

"Yeah, alright."

Once their coffees are finished, Spencer showed Rita around his place and listened to her praise. By the time they were done, they concluded it was lunchtime, so Spencer offered to take Rita to the Corner Coffee House.