The closing on their new home went off without a hitch, and they spent the last week of October moving in. Lane’s condo didn’t stay on the market long; it was prime real estate, and was snatched up by an interested buyer in a few days, probably because he had hoped to have most of the month of November to decide what was going to the new place and what had to go. He wasn’t quite as organized as Remy, and even with his lover’s help, he was still throwing things into bags at the last minute, separating items at the curb into what went into the moving van and what would end up at Goodwill.
Hiring movers turned out to be a brilliant idea, despite the cost. Lane was no longer the strapping young buck he had once been, and he didn’t envy the college guys who raced up and down the stairs, manhan
