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From:
[email protected]
Sent: November 13, 2013
To:
[email protected]
Subject: A toaster?
Finn,
You spent a fortune to mail me a toaster? My friend Sophie thinks it’s some silly joke, but I know you, and this isn’t a joke What’s the story?
Carrie
From:
[email protected]
Sent: November 13, 2013
To:
[email protected]
Subject: Yes, a toaster
Carrie
You are a girly girl, aren’t you? The picture of you wearing your high-heeled boots slipping and sliding across the ice onyour suitcase behind you, plays in my mind
Yes, a toaster, and it isn’t a joke I want you to have it I’ll call you later tonight Eleven your time Work for you?
Finn
From:
[email protected]
Sent: November 13, 2013
To:
[e for you
Yes, Finn, I’ll be here Call anyti in thehot chocolate Wish you were here
Carrie
Finn leaned back in his chair and slowly exhaled The picture of Carrie sipping hot chocolate and listening to Christ for his call filled his mind That shouldn’t surprise hihts from the moment she’d left Alaska And if he was honest, even before that, too
It wasn’t supposed to be like this He’d assuet her That hadn’t happened If anything, it was ten tihts of Carrie hounded hi about her, and when he woke, she was right there, filling his mind and his heart
Even Hennesseyin record tione, Hennesseyacted like a lost and lonely puppy That shouldn’t be any surprise, seeing that Finn had reactedto him didn’t sit well This was a dead-end relationship, and the sooner he accepted that, the better off they both would be
And yet … Finn couldn’t forget Carrie It was bad enough that she was in the forefront of his thoughts during the day, but it was getting worse, as she had invaded his dreams as well The kiss they shared hat had started it all He’dher in his arone, life would right itself again He even ed to convince himself this attraction was a simple matter of proximity Naturally, they were attracted to each other, he’d reasoned They were both young and single, and they’d been cooped up together for nearly forty-eight hours As soon as she was gone, life would return to noro nearly a week now, and it hadn’t happened It was as if Carrie had indelibly stamped his heart with her own brand and he wasthewoman After his ain When they learned Joan had remarried, it had about killed the man In his entire life, his father had only loved one woman Now, just like his father, Finn was irresistibly drawn to a woh to send warning bells ringing so loud they threatened to activate an avalanche
He glanced at his watch, calculating the tio Carrie would be ho a friend for dinner Instantly, Finn’s gut tightened and his blood pressure spiked He couldn’t bear the thought of Carrie with anotherexperienced jealousy this strong, he found the e and worriso around like a wounded ht then and there not to contact her again But an immediate sense of e to her nearly every day and sharing an al off their relationship abruptly wouldn’t be good He’d ease himself out of it, he reasoned, and instantly he felt better Baby steps That decided, he made a second decision--no further contact with her for the rest of the day