Chapter 18

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It had been about three years since Spongebob had moved away from Bikini Bottom. He had a nice house and a nice job that had a fat paycheck. He never really thought about Patrick or Bikini Bottom anymore. The past was behind him.

"Lights out, Spongedude," said his new surfer friend, Greg, as the two of them left work. Spongebob smiled and nodded. "See ya', Greg."

There were still a few hours until Spongebob would have to go to bed, so he decided to spend his time at the grocery store to buy some things for himself and Gary. The snail was getting older and Spongebob felt he had to take extra good care of him.

As he entered the grocery store, his shell phone rang in his pocket. He pulled it out and answered. "Squarepants speaking."

"Ahoy there, Spongebob!" came a familiar voice.

"Mr. Krabs! Hello!" Spongebob greeted. How nice it felt to hear a familiar voice!

"How's work treatin' ya', boy-o?" His former employer asked.

"Very well, sir." He responded with a smile.

"That's good! .. that's good. We, uhh.. the Krusty Krab hasn't been.. selling well.. since you've left and.. well, yesterday, I made the choice to sell the old girl."

"You sold the Krusty Krab?" Spongebob asked quietly, his voice barely above a whisper.

"Yeah, I did.."

"What about.. Plankton?"

"When you left, Plankton sold the Chum Bucket! Everybody took it kinda hard, boy-o.. but it seems like everyone's movin' on now, and.. we'll be just fine."

"Okay, sir,  that's.. good.. I'm gonna let you go.. goodbye, Mr. Krabs." He hung up.

He couldn't help but let his thoughts stray to Patrick..

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