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some relationship. Bouncing from one to the next. Like her travels! It’s always something new, an adventure, and any time she dates it’s always a positive experience.
    “Pick someone—anyone that she’s dated—and it’s either going really well because it’s a casual and fun thing only , or it’s a relationship that has the possibility of actually going somewhere.” Sophie searches everyone’s face for understanding or approval. “ Possibility, of course. What I’m saying is, there’s always some relationship going on…always something new and fresh…”
    I jump in because I know what she’s saying. “Sophie’s right.” I bite into my cracker that I’ve meticulously spread with cheese. “You’ve had more boyfriends, more dates, and been in more relationships than any of us. You’re always meeting someone wherever you go, and I’ve got to give it to you, Em,” I lick my cheesy fingers, “I don’t know how you do it—how you can be so brave and create relationships like you do, but bravo.”
    “But when will one of them be that special one?” Lara asks in a more serious tone. “I mean, you can’t just bounce around forever .” She pauses, glancing at each of us. “Can she?” She furrows her brow.
    Realizing that we’re not trying to create a diatribe—we’re only curious—Emily says, “I know what you girls mean. I don’t know how I do it, but I guess I’m just open to meeting new people. New experiences. And settling down is…well…” She briefly pauses. “I don’t think I know how to settle down.”
    “It’s that free spirit thing,” Robin says, almost academically. “Like you can pick up and make a home out of the frickin’ Sahara or no-man’s land, you can meet someone, find the best in them, find them charming or a perfect match for who you are at that precise moment in your life and…love blossoms.”
    “Or something blossoms,” Jackie says, starting to giggle.
    “Someday it’ll be true love, though.” Lara says in a soft voice.
    “Yeah,” I say. “Someday you’ll get really serious with someone.”
    Emily briefly contemplates our words, then responds with, “We’ll see. For now I’m just going where life takes me. I have to, metaphorically speaking, put up my sails and let the wind take me where it chooses.” She flies her hands overhead dramatically.
    “And hooking up with the sailors in port along the way,” Jackie teases, now breaking out into full-on laughter.
    Emily picks up a triangle-shaped cracker and flicks it at Jackie, like a mini paper football from the days in high school.
    “You’re not one to criticize or tease about hooking up,” Emily says to Jackie in a playful tone. “And Matt and I aren’t only ‘hooking up,’” she says, making quotation marks with her fingers. “But we’re not super serious or anything.”
    “ Riiiight ,” Sophie teases. “That’s what you say now. Time will only tell, babe.”

Chapter Five

    I toss the wet load of whites into the dryer. Schnickerdoodle is at my feet with his leash in his mouth. He’s past due for his evening walk, but I just got home from work not ten minutes ago. I’m exhausted and have already begged Conner to take him for a jaunt around the neighborhood without me.
    “Babe?” I call out. I hit the tumble dry low button and saunter into the living room. Conner’s sitting on the couch, elbows on knees and staring at his cell phone. He looks to be deep in thought. “Words with Friends again?”
    He shoots up his head and answers with a chuckle, “Angry Birds this time.”
    “Oh, goodness. Look, can you take Schnicker? Please?” I point down at the begging dog. He’s followed me, the leash still clutched in his jaws.
    Conner slips his phone into his back pocket once he jumps up and says, “I’m on it!”
    “Oh. I just remembered—talked to the planner today,” I say. “Melissa.” Conner takes his keys from the key rack by the front door. “She said she found a