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name. He thought I was nuts."
     
    "You have
to find her."
     
    "You
think so?" I asked, realizing that was exactly what I wanted to hear. I needed
someone to tell me I wasn't crazy for wanting to find a girl who lived on the
other side of the world and had only gone out with me twice.
     
    "What
else are you doing?"
     
    He had a point
there. 
     
    "You want
to know what I really think?" he asked. 
     
    "Of
course."
     
    "I think you
should at least try. I think she really liked you."
     
    "Yeah?"
     
    He
nodded. "And it’s bad karma to let her go around with hurt feelings
if you don't have to."
     
    I linked my
fingers behind my neck.
     
    "And what
is the worst that could happen?" he asked, raising his palms in the air.
"Either you track her down and she says thank you for telling me the truth
or she says she likes you, too. Then you can bring her back here with some of her
sexy American friends."
     
    I laughed.
"You make it sound so simple."
     
    "It is simple,"
he said. "There is nothing as simple as love."
     
    I rolled my
eyes.
     
    "People
make it complicated, but it shouldn’t be that way in the beginning."
     
    I crossed my
arms. 
     
    "For now,
just try and get the girl. Don't over think it."
     
    "You must
have liked her to encourage me to go on a wild goose chase."
     
    "Not
goose," he said. "Girl."
     
    I
smiled. 
     
    "And I
did like her, but all that matters is that I can tell you do, and I want you to
be happy."
     
    I leaned
forward to rest my elbows on the table and looked at Jin. "So now
what?"
     
    "Now you
have to find her."
     
    I laughed.
"That’s where it gets complicated."
     
    He shrugged.
"What do you have to lose by trying?"
     
    And in that
moment I knew. 
     
    I had nothing
to lose and everything at the same time. 
     
    Either she
didn't want anything to do with me or she had feelings for me, too.
     
    Either way, I
knew Jin was right. I had to find her. 
     
    Cause I had to
know.
     
    Besides, I had
money and time on my hands. 
     
    What better
way to use them than to find the one that got away?

Chapter
14: Audrey
     
     
     
    Even though I
knew I'd be useless and jetlagged for days, I headed straight for the answering
machine when I got home.
     
    I figured if
there was anything pressing, I might as well find out about it sooner rather
than later. Like if I had a message from Jack. Though I knew better than
to hope for a miracle. 
     
    The first two
messages were booty calls from Emmett. In each one, he sounded drunk and horny,
but I was delighted to discover that I was repulsed by the sound of his voice.
     
    I didn't even
listen to them more than once. Instead, I deleted them in quick succession
which I took to be indicative of some sort of progress, albeit nothing to
celebrate. 
     
    The next
message was from my Mom, who encouraged me to call as soon as I got home in her
default anxious tone. 
     
    I sort of
hoped there might've been a job offer in the mix, too, or a message from my old
company begging me to come back, but it was not to be. Of course, since I
hadn't sent my resume to anyone before I left, I could hardly wallow in
disappointment over that.
     
    I was dying to
put my feet up and veg out for the rest of the day, but I figured I’d be able
to relax better if I knew my Mom wasn’t worried so I picked up my phone, hit 2,
and waited. 
     
    "Hi Mom.
It's me."
     
    “Hi honey.”
She sounded more drained than usual, but maybe that was only cause I hadn't
spoken to her in over a week.
     
    “I'm just
calling to let you know I got home safely.”
     
    “How was the
trip? Did you have a good time?”
     
    “I did,” I
said, sorting through my junk mail. “It’s a beautiful country.”
     
    “I’ve heard
good things.”
     
    “We ate some
incredible seafood and had sunshine every single day.” 
     
    “I’m glad you
had a chance to relax,” she said. “I know how welcome it must have been.”
     
    I could hear
the words she didn't say, that she