"Any time," he says and he's genuinely pleased to hear her talking about it again. It isn't that he thought she'd give up on it, but he knows how hard it is to come back from things sometimes. That the time on the island had been hard on everyone, but perhaps harder on Raleigh than most, and Joel knows it isn't always easy to go right back into a regular life when something like that happens. He'd tried after the lighthouse, he'd tried to have his store open, to be normal and okay, but in the end he'd gotten drunk while sitting on the couch, sad that he wasn't with Spencer.

If she's talking about it, though, he's going to take that as a good sign and he stuffs half a cookie in his mouth, nodding the entire time.

"I can close the store for an afternoon, maybe when my leg is a little better. We can walk and check out some places. There are some nice ones near the boardwalk with... like you said, there are big windows. They'd get lots of sun." Siren Cove is a tourist town and there are businesses that just can't make it. He hates seeing their places near the boardwalk empty. "The rent is cheaper there than it is right on the boardwalk, so you're getting location and value. Things further away from the tourist areas will be less expensive, but you won't get the same foot traffic."