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“Really? They must have been pretty scary before.”
“I set that one right up for you, didn’t I?”
“Yup. And I appreciate it.”
There was a comfortable silence for a moment before Becca spoke again. “Before, when it was easy to talk to Leo, what was your currency?”
“Our what?”
“Your currency. The little things you shared. You and I have a currency—it’s trash TV and dumplings on the coffee table. What did you have with Leo?”
“A whole lot of sex,” Georgia said immediately.
Becca let out a dreamy sigh. “While that does sound amazing, it couldn’t have been the only thing. The day is long.”
“I’ll have to think about it. I’ve spent a long time trying not to remember all the little things.”
“Why?”
She was going to make Georgia say it out loud. “Because I have always regretted it, okay? Breaking up with him was something I did because I had to. Not because I didn’t love him.”
“Oh, man,” Becca said, and Georgia could picture her shaking her head. “Youstilllove him, don’t you?”
“I don’t know about that.”Liar.
“When you got on the jet and saw his face, how did you feel?”
“Lousy,” she said immediately. “Is it awful that I just don’t even want to be friends? That sounds childish, but it’s so hard to look at him and not remember so many things. He was there when I was the happiest I’ve ever been. And then he was there for the aftermath of the worst days of my life.”
“That’s a pretty potent combination. No wonder you’ve been acting a little cray cray.”
“Have not.”
“Have so. I watched you put six pairs of shoes and four dresses into your suitcase. I didn’t think you owned six pairs of shoes.”
Georgia only grunted. Her roommate was entirely too observant.
“Go hit some balls, babe. The hotel you’re staying in right now is next door to a tennis club. Lessons are only thirty bucks. I picked that hotel for you.”
“Omigod.” Georgia laughed. “So youcanbe helpful.”
“You have no idea. Now go burn off some of the Thai food the team is having for dinner later. I picked that for you, too. There are four different dumplings on the menu.”
“I take back all the nasty things I said about you.”
“Go already.”
Georgia did as she was told. She made an appointment with a tennis pro for half an hour later. Then she took out her computer and tried to catch up on those e-mails.
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