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"Su-per" He gave her two thu After a few ed What did he want her to do? Was she supposed to high-five his thumbs? Touch thu for emphasis?
The silence quivered At last Jane opted for raising her own thuht, my lady Jane" He nodded, still with the thumbs up, and kept theain Why was it that when she was aching for athele?
As soon as Todd’s cologne faded down the hall, Jane Googled Pembrook Park There were parks by that na Austen and nothing English A couple of cryptic s seeer named tan’n’fun, "Back from Pembrook Park, my second year Even better than the first, especially the ballbut I signed a confidentiality agreement, so that’s all I’ll say publicly" No Wikipedia article about the elusive locale No photos This was the Area 51 of vacation resorts
She banged her head lightly on the o? limped after her all afternoon Jane certainly had the vacation hours saved up She had an i three weeks off a year, and she rarely went on holiday (note: she used the British word for "vacation" in her thoughts, an early sign that she’d already decided to go)
And besides: Nonrefundable It was a good, solid word, one you couldn’t chew, one that only dissolved after sucking slowly
Jane argued with her thoughts and her thoughts argued back while she searched through stock photo databases for Todd’s basically super project Search words: sh Narrow search results: s business-wo businesswoman twenties
And suddenly, there was Jane’s face on her own raphed by exboyfriend 7, the delinquent artist She’d stumbled across it before In her line of work, it was hard not to view every stock photo in the digital e Here she was, dizzy with thoughts of her own stupidity and vulnerability and all other Dr Phil-ness, and to suddenly confront her own face years youngerwell, ick, an unpleasant reminder that she was just as stupid and vulnerable back then She hadn’t changed She’d been standing knee-deep in the same romance mud for years and she didn’t even care anymore
The photo array completed and two train rides later, Jane plopped down on Molly’s couch in Brooklyn, keeping one eye on the twins battling over blocks, the other eye ensconced in a throw pillow She held her ar Molly pulled it out of her hand and read it
"So it’s come to this," Molly said
"Help," Jane squeaked
Molly nodded "I don’t know, Jane, do you really think you should subject yourself to so like this?Good job, Jack! Did you stack those blocks all by yourself? You’re such a ss worse You just ood"
Jane sat up "So you kno bad I a "Honey, I don’t blame you You’ve had rotten luck with that whole rolanced at the kids Hannah had ers into her nostrils and tottered over to Molly to show off her new trick "Did you find your nose holes? What a set sad if I say this? Should I say this?"
"Say it"
"Okay" A deep breath "This obsession