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Samara Amaya,” said
Maggie, and Jane picked up on a soft burr. Irish maybe, or
Scottish. “Do you want coffee?”
    “Um, yes, I do. And no I don’t. This is a
little strange, but I was wondering if I could have some warmed
milk?”
    “Havin’ trouble sleepin’?”
    “A little.”
    “Comin’ right up, then. Want a wee bit o’
sugar too?”
    “Sure, Maggie, thanks.”
    “Samara Amaya dated the Vikings QB, didn’t
she? Last year? Year before?”
    Jane nodded at Paul. “It was brief. But,
yes, they met in Manhattan and dated for a few weeks. The media
makes a lot more out of these things.”
    “Huh. Vikings fans around here were pretty
steamed when she dumped him. Blamed her for the next two—”
    “Oh, she didn’t actually—” Jane wasn’t
comfortable talking about Samara, but it was a bad habit that she
felt the need to clear Samara’s name every chance she got.
    Maggie interrupted smoothly, giving Paul a
look. “Speakin’ of steamed, you want this milk boiled or steamed,
Jane? I’m thinkin’ steamed, right?”
    Jane nodded at Maggie gratefully, then
turned to Paul. “Think about if you went on a date with somebody,
and it was nice, so you went on another, and it was nice again.
But, then he went home. And home was a six-hour plane ride away.
And you realized you were in New York and he was in Minneapolis,
and you were both on the road all the time, so as much as you
enjoyed each other, well, it just probably wasn’t going to work
out. So, you broke it off. And since it didn’t hurt either of you
very much, you knew it probably wasn’t meant to be.” She tilted her
head to the side and glanced at Maggie, who set a steaming mug on
the counter in front of Jane. “But, suddenly there are all of these
pictures of you together, magazines are Photoshopping wedding
dresses on you, and Cartier calls to offer you whatever diamond
engagement ring you want. I mean, you were just a girl who went on
a couple of dates with a guy. The world isn’t supposed to explode
over that.”
    Maggie rested her elbows on the counter,
hanging on Jane’s every word. “Is that what happened?”
    Jane grinned and shook her head. “No. But,
isn’t that a nice story?”
    Maggie smiled and Paul chuckled.
    “What d’you do for her, then?” asked
Maggie.
    Jane picked up her mug and blew over the
top. Just get it over with. “I’m her personal assistant.
And, um, her cousin.”
    She looked down at the mug, smiling at the
tiny brown grains of nutmeg and cinnamon Maggie had sprinkled over
the top and fashioned into a heart. Finally she took a sip and let
the hot sweet, creamy goodness fall scalding down her throat.
“Mmmm.”
    By the time she looked up again, they were
both staring at her, but composed.
    “Her cousin. What was it like growin’ up
together?” Maggie asked.
    Jane said the words by heart. “Like any
other cousins. We loved each other. We hated each other. We watched 90210 and went for ice cream and opened our presents
together on Christmas morning.” She blew on the hot milk again,
deciding to add her own addendum this time. “I know she’s a
supermodel. But, to me she’s still just Sara.”
    “Is her name really Sara?”
    Jane nodded at Maggie. “Sara Mays.”
    “ Ahhhh.
Sara Mays. Samara Amaya. I see.”
    “No offense, but do you two mind if we get
back to web dating 101?” Paul gestured to Maggie for a refill,
which she handily provided, pouring a cup for herself as well.
“Jane, chime in if you want.”
    Maggie leaned closer to Jane. “We were
talkin’ about Internet datin’ before you sat down. Paul’s met
someone!”
    They didn’t want to talk about Samara. Well,
wow! This is new…and wonderful! Regular people talking about
regular things!
    Jane turned to Paul with a delighted smile.
“You met someone online?”
    Before he could answer Maggie whispered
again, “And, how’s this for a coincidence, Jane? She’s from Connecticut !”
    Jane had never actually seen someone so
excited