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tattooed on her forehead.
    â€˜So how did you find me, anyway?’ She asked as the thought suddenly struck her.
    â€˜Your mum gave me directions the other day. Bumped into her in the street.’
    â€˜Oh God, I’ll never hear the end of it. “That nice young Nathan, blah, blah, blah.” No offence.’
    â€˜None taken. Anyway, I’ve already had plenty of subtle-as-asledgehammer hints from my own mother,’ he said, rolling his eyes.
    â€˜So that’s why you’re here – because Mummy sent you. This was to shut her up, right?’
    â€˜No, I’m here because I wanted to see where you live. And I needed to get out of the house for a while. It’s like a couple of tinsel and fairy light factories threw up in there.’
    They both chuckled.
    â€˜Seriously, I like you, Em, but that doesn’t mean I want to seduce you or anything,’ Nathan added.
    â€˜Good. At least we’re clear on that,’ Emily said.
    â€˜It’s not that I don’t find you attractive, but I really do think we’d drive each other nuts.’
    â€˜Because we’re astrologically incompatible, right?’
    â€˜Exactly,’ Nathan said, clearly missing her sarcastic tone. ‘Matching a Capricorn with a Cancer would be astrological hell. So why waste the time, energy and emotion and end up hating each other when we can just be friends and save all the palaver. You should be looking for a Taurus or a Virgo.’
    â€˜If only our parents agreed,’ Emily said sardonically.
    She’d almost forgotten all about their discussion of star signs the night they had met again at Emily’s parents’ house.
    When they’d walked to the corner shop to get the cream Enid had forgotten – clearly another ruse in the matchmaking plan, because Enid Oliphant never forgot anything – he’d asked for her star sign and then straight out said they weren’t compatible. Just like that.
    Emily still couldn’t believe anyone took star signs so seriously, especially someone like Nathan, who seemed the epitome of conservative.
    She’d always dismissed astrology as ridiculous. There was no way all the people in the world could be classified into twelve categories. But now she found herself wondering for the briefest of moments what Jake Lonigan’s star sign was.
    â€˜Now, back to your house-buying venture. My advice would be to get a good lawyer who’s had plenty of experience in the area of subdivisions. I did meet a guy at a networking function a while ago. I might still have his card back in Adelaide. I’ll have a look when I get back there next week. Can I borrow that pad?’ he asked, indicating past Emily.
    She slid it across the table to him.
    â€˜So I’ll try and hunt out the guy’s details and find out what I can,’ he said, writing on the pad. ‘Anything else I can do, do you think?’
    â€˜I don’t want to put you to any trouble.’
    â€˜It’s no trouble, honestly. Anyway, I’m most grateful for your company for an hour or so. Anything to get me away from my parents – you’ve no idea…’
    â€˜Oh I think I do. Why you’d want to move back out here I wouldn’t know,’ Emily said, shaking her head.
    At the same time it dawned on her that she could just as easily move away herself. But then where would she find somewhere to rent for just one hundred dollars a week? And the thought of not having Barbara a few minutes’ drive away made her feel almost queasy.
    â€˜It will probably mean lots of travelling back to the city for weekends until the novelty wears off,’ he said, shrugging.
    â€˜You sound like you’ve got it all planned.’
    â€˜Oh, didn’t I tell you? I got the job. I start in the new year.’
    â€˜Congratulations! We should have been drinking champagne!’
    â€˜It’s a bit early for that.’
    â€˜True. But, wow,