Hmmm…
She was immediately all business, “So how’s AJ going to help us?”
I’d been thinking about it all night, “I think he can help us narrow the search to get the right information from the Internet. When I was looking online, I had so many hits on anything and everything that I couldn’t wade through the information. There has to be some type of filter he can shoot all the information through so that I can find just what I need.”
“Cara, you can just go to the Google Web Search Help Center and they will tell you how to do that. It’s in really simple steps. Anyone can do it.”
“And you chose not to tell me this when I was telling you about my millions of hits because?”
She shrugged, “I figured you knew.”
“You’re kidding right?”
“No, I figured that now that you know how to work your email you would get nosey and start poking around. Cara, you are the nosiest person I’ve ever met in my life. I figured if I didn’t say anything, the fact that I hadn’t tried to push it on you would make it that much more alluring.”
“I gotta admit, that does sound like me.”
“Yeah, it does, so what happened?”
I pulled apart a paperclip and whined, “I’m not sure. I’ve been in a kind of funk since Suzi left. Maybe I have abandonment issues.”
“You knew the woman for a couple of years. She was your roommate not your parent, partner, or even your stylist. And she’s not dead, she just got married.”
“True.”
“So what do you think the problem is?”
I took a breath and confessed, “I guess I’m jealous. Envious?”
“Of what?”
“Of Suzi. One day she’s sitting at home, pretty much living the same life I’m living. She gets offered this great job, right out of the blue, full of adventure and excitement. Seems like the next day this guy is madly in love with her. My cynical side thought it was a little quick, but it’s real. They have something like Mom and Daddy. I didn’t think that existed any more. It does. Why can’t I find it?”
Teagan said quietly, “I get it. I’m living the same thing.”
“Oh come on Barbie, you just met your Ken and you know it. I watched the two of you. You’re perfect. He’s even charmed by the fact that you’re basically a shrew.”
She screeched, “I am not a shrew! I’m a very pleasant person. I am generous of spirit. Ask anyone. People are amazed I’ve been your sister all these years and you’re still alive. If I were a shrew, do you really think you would have lived this long?”
I tried not to laugh. “Not that kind of shrew, although that was a mighty fine impersonation of one. The mouse kind of shrew. They eat seventy-five percent of their body weight each day.”
She had the good grace to look embarrassed, “Oh. Sorry.”
“What crawled up your arse and died?”
She shrugged, “I have no idea, maybe it’s a separation thing?”
“Oh Lord, here we go.”
“I know it’s pathetic. We only shared one dinner, and you were there. I drove myself there and home. I’ve never touched him. You carried most of the conversation.”
“That’s because your mouth was full.”
“I eat when I get nervous, sue me.”
I almost whispered, as if he were in the next room trying to glean information, knowing full well that he wasn’t even in town, “If it is any consolation at all, I think he feels the same way.”
“Why’s that?”
“I probably shouldn’t tell you this. Which, of course, means that I’ll tell you, but then you’ll owe me one.”
“Yeah, sure, whatever.” She gave me a look that said she might owe me one, but it was going to be a challenge to collect any time soon.
“He was on the phone with Suzi. He said that if she’d told him about you sooner, he would have moved in sooner, or something like that. I didn’t quite hear all of it, I was eavesdropping.”
“Wow.”
“I know.”
Her eyebrows met in the middle, “That’s a little
She was immediately all business, “So how’s AJ going to help us?”
I’d been thinking about it all night, “I think he can help us narrow the search to get the right information from the Internet. When I was looking online, I had so many hits on anything and everything that I couldn’t wade through the information. There has to be some type of filter he can shoot all the information through so that I can find just what I need.”
“Cara, you can just go to the Google Web Search Help Center and they will tell you how to do that. It’s in really simple steps. Anyone can do it.”
“And you chose not to tell me this when I was telling you about my millions of hits because?”
She shrugged, “I figured you knew.”
“You’re kidding right?”
“No, I figured that now that you know how to work your email you would get nosey and start poking around. Cara, you are the nosiest person I’ve ever met in my life. I figured if I didn’t say anything, the fact that I hadn’t tried to push it on you would make it that much more alluring.”
“I gotta admit, that does sound like me.”
“Yeah, it does, so what happened?”
I pulled apart a paperclip and whined, “I’m not sure. I’ve been in a kind of funk since Suzi left. Maybe I have abandonment issues.”
“You knew the woman for a couple of years. She was your roommate not your parent, partner, or even your stylist. And she’s not dead, she just got married.”
“True.”
“So what do you think the problem is?”
I took a breath and confessed, “I guess I’m jealous. Envious?”
“Of what?”
“Of Suzi. One day she’s sitting at home, pretty much living the same life I’m living. She gets offered this great job, right out of the blue, full of adventure and excitement. Seems like the next day this guy is madly in love with her. My cynical side thought it was a little quick, but it’s real. They have something like Mom and Daddy. I didn’t think that existed any more. It does. Why can’t I find it?”
Teagan said quietly, “I get it. I’m living the same thing.”
“Oh come on Barbie, you just met your Ken and you know it. I watched the two of you. You’re perfect. He’s even charmed by the fact that you’re basically a shrew.”
She screeched, “I am not a shrew! I’m a very pleasant person. I am generous of spirit. Ask anyone. People are amazed I’ve been your sister all these years and you’re still alive. If I were a shrew, do you really think you would have lived this long?”
I tried not to laugh. “Not that kind of shrew, although that was a mighty fine impersonation of one. The mouse kind of shrew. They eat seventy-five percent of their body weight each day.”
She had the good grace to look embarrassed, “Oh. Sorry.”
“What crawled up your arse and died?”
She shrugged, “I have no idea, maybe it’s a separation thing?”
“Oh Lord, here we go.”
“I know it’s pathetic. We only shared one dinner, and you were there. I drove myself there and home. I’ve never touched him. You carried most of the conversation.”
“That’s because your mouth was full.”
“I eat when I get nervous, sue me.”
I almost whispered, as if he were in the next room trying to glean information, knowing full well that he wasn’t even in town, “If it is any consolation at all, I think he feels the same way.”
“Why’s that?”
“I probably shouldn’t tell you this. Which, of course, means that I’ll tell you, but then you’ll owe me one.”
“Yeah, sure, whatever.” She gave me a look that said she might owe me one, but it was going to be a challenge to collect any time soon.
“He was on the phone with Suzi. He said that if she’d told him about you sooner, he would have moved in sooner, or something like that. I didn’t quite hear all of it, I was eavesdropping.”
“Wow.”
“I know.”
Her eyebrows met in the middle, “That’s a little
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