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to go see the skipper now, but I'll see you around, alright?" Peter asked. 
    Then just like that, Peter was gone.  Audrey didn't know what to make of it all.  The conversation had taken such a sharp and strange turn.  Still, despite having a roller coaster of a conversation, Peter was the first ball player on the team to give Audrey the time of day. 
    There was a sharp divide between the front office and the baseball players.  The players were usually too caught up chasing one night stands and sleeping with gold diggers.  Most the women in the front office were after real relationships.  Those opposing attitudes rarely ever mixed.  
    It was after an odd and awkward moment like she'd had with Peter that Audrey craved a simple romance novel all the more.  In romance novels, there were no loose ends.  No strangely frayed edges.  Everything was resolved cleanly and happily.  But in real life, that rarely ever happened. 
     
    Chapter Nine
     
    Peter soon melted away from Audrey's mind as she dug into book two of her series after work.  Audrey gobbled up the second book in only a couple of sittings, filling her head with even more fantastical dreams.  After finishing book two, Audrey's yearning for Hawaii returned with a vengeance.  Her circumstances hadn't changed though.  She still hadn't heard a peep after sending the e-mail to the hunky surfer in Hawaii.  Hope had returned after reading the book though.  And the promise of escaping was growing more alluring by the day. 
    At the same time, Audrey's sister Elizabeth was busy making wedding preparations.  And like most wedding planning, things got out of hand in a hurry.  To be fair, Elizabeth had a lot on her plate.  It became really a family effort though, and Audrey's mom Carla spent more than a few evenings dizzy with wedding preparations. 
    While all this was going on, Audrey faded into the background.  Then one day Carla came back from her book club with a surprise.  
    "I have great news," Carla said, with a smile on her face that just wouldn't go away.
    At first Audrey thought her mom had come to the wrong person.  Surely the news couldn't be about Audrey.  But it was. 
    "For me?" Audrey asked. 
    "Don't act so surprised," Carla said. 
    "Why would I be anything but surprised?  I can't remember the last time you had good news for me," Audrey replied.
    "Well your luck is about to change," Carla insisted. 
    "I'll be the judge of that.  So, what's the news?" Audrey asked.
    "The book club came up with a guy for you," Carla revealed. 
    "You're kidding," Audrey replied. 
    "Oh, is that why I've already set you up on a date?" Carla said.
    "Mom, you set me up on a blind date?" Audrey replied. 
    "Yes, a blind date honey," Carla insisted. 
    Audrey remained critical though.  "But how can you be so sure I'll like him?"
    "I'm your mom.  Who knows what you like better than me?" Carla replied.
    "I do," Audrey replied.  "I know myself better than anybody."
    "Audrey, happiness can't come back to your life if you don't let lit.  So let it already," Carla insisted.   
    ***
    It was hard to argue with her mom's logic.  So Audrey ended up agreeing to the date, even if rather reluctantly. The details about this man were scarce to non-existent.  All Audrey could get out of her mom was that he was back in town after a long time away.  That he was supposedly very handsome and caring--according to Audrey's mom at least.
    Audrey's mom of course would share more info if she had it, but the recommendation was coming from a friend of a friend, which of course seemed like a silly way to make a potential love match.  But who was Audrey to question the book club?  It wasn't like she had many prospects of her own.  Or any prospects for that matter. 
    Still, Audrey liked to believe that she wouldn't play such a secondary role in finding the love of her life.  It was the blind part of the date that was really throwing her off.  There was enough of a