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.""How long has this bumpy period been going on?""About seven years.""Ouch."He studied the Jasper Johns poster."I was overly aggressive when I started out, and I made herlook bad.I've apologized, but she can't seem to get past it.""I'm not sure this is the best way to fix your problem with her.""Look, Annabelle, do you want to help me or not?""It's just that ""Right," he said abruptly."I keep forgetting we have different philosophies about running abusiness.I like to please my clients, and you don't care.But then maybe you enjoy limitingyourself to senior citizens."She shot up from her chair, whale spout quivering."Fine.You want to go to the party with metomorrow, go ahead.""Great.I'll pick you up at noon.What's the dress code?"file:///C|/Downloads/Susan%20Elizabeth%20Phillips%20-%20Match%20Me%20If%20You%20Can%20(v1.0).html (96 of 329)10/12/2005 17:39:41 SEp Match me if you can"I'm so tempted to tell you black tie.""Casual then." Through the window, he spotted Bodie pulling up to the curb.He propped a hipon the corner of her desk."Let's not mention to Phoebe that I asked you to bring me along.Just tell her you think I've been working too hard, and I need a little relaxation before I meetany more of those women you have lined up.""Phoebe's not stupid.You don't really think she'll believe that?""If you're convincing she will." He straightened and headed for the door."Successful peoplecreate their own reality, Annabelle.Grab the ball and get in the game."Before she could tell him that she was already playing as hard as she knew how, he was on hisway down her sidewalk.She walked over to the door and shut it behind him.Once again, he'dseen her at her worst: no makeup, phones out of order, and wrangling with Mr.Bronicki.Onthe positive side, Rachel was going to look really good to him this evening by comparison.Annabelle wondered if they'd sleep together.The idea depressed her way too much.Sheheaded for the kitchen and poured herself a glass of iced tea, then carried it back to her office,where she called John Nager to check on the lunch date she'd arranged."She had a cold, Annabelle.Noticeable congestion.""John, women come with germs.""It's a question of degree."She wondered how Heath would deal with a hypochondri-acal client."She wants to see youagain," she said, "but if you're not interested, I have other clients who will be.""Well& She's very pretty.""And germy, like every other woman I've fixed you up with.Can you handle that?"John eventually decided he'd give it a go.She dragged out the vacuum and made a fewdesultory swipes at the downstairs, then filled a pitcher to water Nana's African violetcollection.As she added a few drops of fertilizer, she contemplated arranging a date betweenMrs.Porter and Mr.Clemens.They were both widowers in their seventies, two more of Nana'sclients she couldn't quite shake.Mrs.Porter was black and Mr.Clemens white, which mightgive their families trouble, but Annabelle had sensed a lot of interest when she'd run into themat the grocery store, and they both loved to bowl.She carried the pitcher into her office.file:///C|/Downloads/Susan%20Elizabeth%20Phillips%20-%20Match%20Me%20If%20You%20Can%20(v1.0).html (97 of 329)10/12/2005 17:39:41 SEp Match me if you canWould she ever get rid of these seniors? No matter how many times she explained to them thatMarriages by Myrna had closed its doors, they kept on showing up.Even worse, they expectedher to continue charging Nana's fees.When she finished with the African violets, she sat down to pay bills.Thanks to Heath's check,she'd settled the worst of them.Yesterday she'd called Melanie to see if she'd be interested insigning on as a client, which had meant coming clean about her real occupation.Fortunately,Melanie had a sense of humor, and she'd seemed interested.Things were looking up.The Little Mermaid clock on her desk ticked away.Heath would be picking up Rachel aboutnow.They were going to Tru, where caviar appeared at the table in a miniature glass staircaseand dinner for two could easily run four hundred dollars.Not that she'd ever been thereherself, but she'd read about it.She considered visiting a couple of local coffee shops to pass out her business card, but shedidn't have enough energy to change clothes.Friday night.No hot date.No prospects for a hotdate.The matchmaker needed a matchmaker.She wanted to get married, wanted a family, ajob she loved& Was that too much to ask out of life? But how would she ever find a man ofher own if she had to keep giving the best ones away? Not that Heath was the best.He washusband material only in his own mind.No, that wasn't entirely fair.Whatever he did, he didwell, and he'd give marriage his best effort.Whether or not that would prove good enoughremained to be seen.Fortunately, not her problem.She pulled out a DVD of Waiting for Guffman, then remembered it belonged to Rob and choseFreaky Friday instead.She'd just gotten to the part where Jamie Lee Curtis and her daughterswitch bodies when the phone rang."Annabelle, it's Rachel."She hit the Stop button."How's it going?""I'm out of my league.""What do you mean? Where are you calling from?""The ladies' room at Tru.The date's not working.I can't understand it.Heath and I had somuch fun together the night you introduced us you remember but now everything feelsflat.""I knew he'd do this.He's been on his cell all night, hasn't he?"file:///C|/Downloads/Susan%20Elizabeth%20Phillips%20-%20Match%20Me%20If%20You%20Can%20(v1.0).html (98 of 329)10/12/2005 17:39:41 SEp Match me if you can"He hasn't taken a single call.In fact, he's been a perfect gentleman.But we're both workingtoo hard to keep the conversation going.""He's been traveling all week.He might be tired.""I don't think it's that.It's just Nothing's happening.I'm really disappointed.I felt sparks thatfirst time.Didn't you?""Definitely.Ask him about his work.Or about baseball.He's a Sox fan.Just keep trying."Rachel said she would, but she didn't seem optimistic, and when Annabelle hung up, she feltdeflated& and relieved.One more reason to be depressed.file:///C|/Downloads/Susan%20Elizabeth%20Phillips%20-%20Match%20Me%20If%20You%20Can%20(v1.0).html (99 of 329)10/12/2005 17:39:41 SEp Match me if you canChapter EightMoths swarmed in the caged lights over the doors.The bar, located in a former warehouse justoff North Avenue, was named Suey, and the sign featured a giant red pig wearing a trucker'scap."Charming," Portia drawled.Bodie gave her a dumb, cocky grin, which went right along with his menacing shaved head,intimidating tattoos, and hit man's muscles."I knew you'd like it.""I was being sarcastic.""Why?""Because this is a sports bar.""You don't like sports bars? That's weird." He held the door open for her.She rolled her eyes and followed him in.The place was huge and noisy, smelling of stale beer,french fries, and aftershave, all topped off with eau de gym
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