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"A handwritten note is unusual," I adh It’s sweet"

"It was hand-delivered, by so Hasn’t he heard of text ? Or maybe this nifty new invention called the telephone? I always haveable to reachall my friends? What kind of date is that?"

"It’s a date where you’re getting no action," Marcia said drily "And let’s face it, that’s the real problem He hasn’t slept with you yet"

Gemma actually blushed, which may have been a first "Well, there is that But it’s not the only issue He’s started to be ‘busy’" She ers

In adherence to the universal law that the person you’re talking about will shohile you’re talking about hiot up and ran to the intercom I felt that Philip was lucky the intercom only worked from our end when someone pushed the button He’d have probably keeled over if he’d heard this conversation Geht down"

"I’ll come up to meet you," Philip’s voice replied, scratchy over the speaker

"You don’t have to do that," Gemma insisted, then released the button and turned to us "Well, come on If I have to have chaperones for my date, youthings"

We all collected purses and coats and trooped downstairs I had to adement was a little odd Even Owen, as shy as he was, hadn’t coh, come to think of it, we hadn’t yet had a real date, so I couldn’t coot downstairs, Philip presented a red rose to Gemma with a bow Then he bowed to the rest of us "Ladies, thank you for joining us today Now, I believe public transportation will be theour destination" He offered his arallantly to Gemma, and the rest of us fell in behind the back just enough to be able to talk about theotta admit, this is kind of on the weird side," Marcia said "The note was one thing, but bringing us along?"

"Maybe you were onto soet any action on this date," Conniethem"

I alh Depending on how long he’d been a frog, he may have come from a tiether before they were married I couldn’t recall if he’d ever let himself be alone with Gemma when they weren’t out in public But that would have been hard to explain without getting into theInstead, I said, "Well, he is kind of old-fashioned If he’s not ready to get that involved, then heup ays to put the brakes on while still seeing her"

"Thatabout Gemma and Philip because ere almost at the subway station and too close to the us

I tried to watch Philip and Ge particularly odd, other than the fact that Philip probably would have lookedan Ascot tie and spats Gap khakis were just wrong on him He definitely acted interested in Gemma He never took his eyes off her, he appeared to listen to everything she said, and he was incredibly attentive in every little gesture toward her Unfortunately, she didn’t seem to notice that and acted more and er of losing a great guy simply because they were froood courtship If anyone needed the help of a fairy godmother, it was them

But if I protested the interference of a fairy godht, if she even let herself believe in such a thing Meanwhile, I didn’t exactly have a lot of ti in e and, come to think of it, I had the distinct i watched

Two

If it had been su nearby There was definitely a buzzing sound, like tiny wings flapping at high speed Since it was below freezing, I could be fairly certain that it wasn’t any kind of insect that was stalking ical creatures The probleical creatures was still pretty limited, and besides, Idris see new ones