"One of those options," said Rosa, popping off the top of her own, "would lose its charm real quick. Although I guess if you wanted my help slathering you in ice cream..."

It did sound kind of great if you didn't think about it beyond the first few minutes.

"I'm sure a place covered in melted ice cream isn't even the weirdest way someone could lose a security deposit around here, anyway."

Well, look at that, was that an attempted segue? It was definitely an attempted segue. Rosa was not...great at segues. But she tried, digging her spoon in and scooping a little mint chip into her mouth.

Just get it out there, Diaz.

"Papers on the new place are pretty much finished," she ventured. "Probably looking for contractors next week for the remodels.."