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“Nope. The happy family keeps popping up in unwanted places on my Facebook feed.”
“You can always block him, Melanie.”
“I know. I must have a masochistic side.”
“Hey, I have an idea. How about I fly down to Phoenix next weekend?”
I loved her for the offer, but she had her own life, her own career. “Thanks, Luce, but I’ll be all right. Save your frequent flier miles for the next tragedy.”
“You sure?”
“Positive.”
“So what are you going to do now?”
“I’m going to do what any girl would do when she loses her job in stunning, newsworthy fashion.”
“Eat six tubs of Rocky Road ice cream and then go get dirty with a piece of muscled distraction? That’s what I’d do.”
“Yes to the ice cream. No to the dirty hookup.”
“You underestimate the allure of dirty hookups. So then what?”
“Then I’ll start pounding the pavement until I find a job that doesn’t require references.”
“Sounds like a tall order in this crappy job market,” Lucy said.
Now it was my turn to sigh.
