going to know what we use these dumb things for, anyway? How are you holding up?
Holly
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To: Holly Caputo
Fr: Jane Harris
Re: His Mother
Good. It’s pretty here.
How do you know that his mom emailed him, anyway?
J
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To: Jane Harris
Fr: Holly Caputo
Re: His Mother
Duh. I read it over his shoulder just now. I saw you and Cal talking at the baggage carousel. What did he say?
Holly
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To: Holly Caputo
Fr: Jane Harris
Re: His Mother
Oh. Nothing.
J
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To: Jane Harris
Fr: Holly Caputo
Re: His Mother
Come on! SPILL!
Holly
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To: Holly Caputo
Fr: Jane Harris
Re: His Mother
Is this a setup? Are you and Mark playing Fix Up the Best Friends? Because I told you before, I’m TAKEN. Besides. He’s not my type.
J
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To: Jane Harris
Fr: Holly Caputo
Re: His Mother
You have a type ? What is it? The only thing the guys you’ve dated have in common is that they’ve all been unemployed. Or, if they HAD jobs, they were also screwing Amy Jenkins, like Dave.
Holly
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To: Holly Caputo
Fr: Jane Harris
Re: His Mother
Whatever happened to her, anyway?
J
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To: Jane Harris
Fr: Holly Caputo
Re: His Mother
Who? Amy Jenkins?
She married a rich lawyer, moved to Pound Ridge, and squeezed out two kids.
Holly
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To: Holly Caputo
Fr: Jane Harris
Re: His Mother
No! No, she didn’t! Why did you tell me that? THAT’S NOT FAIR!!! She tried to ruin my life!!! Why should SHE have a happy ending?
J
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To: Jane Harris
Fr: Holly Caputo
Re: His Mother
You call living in Pound Ridge with a lawyer and two kids a happy ending? You so know she spends her days working out and helping the nanny make wheat-free snacks.
Don’t worry. In a couple of years she’ll pudge out and he’ll trade her in for a younger model and she won’t be able to get a job to support herself anywhere because she doesn’t have any references, and one day you and Cal will pull into an outlet Benetton to pick up a pair of socks and she’ll be working the cash register.
Holly
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To: Holly Caputo
Fr: Jane Harris
Re: His Mother
I don’t want to talk about this anymore.
J
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To: Jane Harris
Fr: Holly Caputo
Re: His Mother
Why not?
Holly
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To: Holly Caputo
Fr: Jane Harris
Re: His Mother
Well, for one thing, he’s sitting right next to me! He might see! Cut it out!
J
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To: Jane Harris
Fr: Holly Caputo
Re: His Mother
He’s not paying attention. He has his own emails to catch up on. Come on. What did he say? He must have said SOMETHING. You guys just sat next to each other for seven hours. Are you telling me he didn’t say ANYTHING that entire time?
Holly
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To: Holly Caputo
Fr: Jane Harris
Re: His Mother
Nothing. Really. Oh, at the baggage carousel, he said he was sorry for stepping on my foot.
J
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To: Jane Harris
Fr: Holly Caputo
Re: His Mother
That’s IT? Wow. That’s weird. Did he talk about his marriage at all?
Holly
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To: Holly Caputo
Fr: Jane