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Hope took a sip of her hly rated, and I did a ton of research on them for the article I wrote”

“Because you could end up with some weirdo,” Kathy pointed out “A weirdo who lives in the middle of nowhere with a weirdo family”

“Highly rated,” Hope repeated “Ton of research Trust me, they’re reputable And it’s couy And as for theto move back to somewhere more rural I told them I wanted le”

“Your concrete jungle isin the busy sideith a wave of her beautifully et withdrawal pangs”

“Small towns have coffee too, you know,” Hope said “It’s not like I’ off the face of the planet”

“I know,” Kathy said, “but this is a huge change”

“Not fora confidence she didn’t feel She could do this “I’m ready”

“Ready for”

“A serious relationship Eventually, ”

“You can’t find that here?”

Hope shrugged ruefully “I guess not It’s not like I haven’t tried” She’d done the dating thing Gone to bars where s She’d looked for guys in grocery store aisles, on public transit, and in cooking classes She’d even tried speed dating All it had ever gotten her was a date or tith guys who couldn’t hold her attention or weren’t interested in anything long-term

“I can’t argue with that,” Kathy ad from your plate?”

“Or the one who only wanted to recruitpyramid scheme,” Hope countered

“The one who took three calls from his mother in the movie theater”

“The one who brought his ”