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dressed for my dates.
 Do you have any booked as yet?
 No, I m going to email them back tonight.
 Oh fun. Sophie sprayed her body liberally with some Vera Wang Princess perfume and twirled
around the room in her short red dress.
 Stunning. Ella hugged her friend and then picked up Jacob.  Now get out of here, I have some
emails to send.
 Okay, okay. Sophie walked out of the room with her head high and Ella heard Max wolf whistle.
She walked into the living room to see them kissing.
 Hey guys, I have a baby here that shouldn t witness such things. Ella laughed and rolled her eyes.
 Don t be a dork, Ella. Max pulled away from Sophie and laughed at his sister.  Jacob will have to
get used to seeing us kiss.
 So you re going to keep him? Ella knew this wasn t the right time to bring it up but she had to
know.
 Well, we haven t discussed it. Max s voice was reproachful as he glared at her.
 Of course we are going to keep him. Sophie s voice was soft.  He is Max s child.
 Well&  Max began and Sophie looked at him sternly.
 The child needs a home Max, we will give it to him. Sophie and Max looked at each other for a
few moments and Ella felt like that there was something she had missed. What was going on here?
Was Max not the father? Knowing Alexis, that wouldn t be a shock but would that mean that she had
cheated on Max? But she seemed way too sprung on Max to cheat on him. It just didn t make sense.
 Thanks for looking after Jacob, Ella. Sophie kissed the baby on the cheek and walked to the door.
 We won t be home too late.
 Stay out as late as you want. Ella grinned and shooed her brother and best friend out of the door
before opening up the laptop and logging into the dating site.
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 Capri, this is so awesome, Ella gushed to her new friend over the phone.  I ve gotten another ten
messages and I haven t even responded to the other guys yet.
 Yes, Capri laughed.  It can be overwhelming and exciting at the same time. But remember not all of
these guys are as good as they sound online.
 If some of them are half as good as they sound online, then I am going to be one happy girl. Ella
joked while ogling one of the new guys photos.  So you think I should ask them to meet as soon as
possible?
 Girl, yes. It s not just women who lie on these sites. I ve met some guys who were using photos that
were ten years too old or not even them. One guy I met used his best friends photo, child, he was not
cute and it was so awkward.
 Why?
Capri whispered.  Well, we had been talking for about two months before we met and we had been
telling each other we were in love. Let me tell you, I fell out of love with him, the moment I saw his
potbelly and gray head.
 Oh Capri. Ella laughed.
 And my standards ain t dat high. Capri laughed.
 Okay, so I ll see if any of them want to do coffee?
 Yeah, that s good. And if that goes well, you can always extend the date and do something else.
 Like?
 Sexing?
 What?!?!
 I m joking girl. Like dinner, maybe ice-skating, bowling, you know fun stuff where you can be
close.
 Haha, I see. Ella sipped some water.  Okay. Here is my standard response. Tell me how it
sounds.
 Okay.
 Hi insertscreennamehere, thanks for your message. I was happy to see that someone as
accomplished and funny as you would be interested in getting to know me. I am new to the online
dating world and really hoping to meet a nice guy to get to know. I would love to grab a coffee this
week if you are interested. Goldengirl.
 That sounds okay. Capri paused.  Though, it does sounds kinda generic.
 I ll add some more personal stuff for each guy in there. But overall it sounds good, yeah?
 Yeah, it sounds good.
 Yay me.
 Girl, those guys are going to think they won the lottery when they meet you. Cute, blond, funny.
 Aww, thanks Capri.
 Don t thank me. Thank your parents. Capri laughed.
 Ooh. I just got an instant message from likestolisten, Ella squealed.  Should I accept it?
 Yes. Capri sighed.  Look girl, I gotta go. Leroy is getting on my last nerves. I ll speak to you
tomorrow?
 Sounds good. Thanks Capri. Ella hung up and clicked accept on the chat link and laughed at the
message likestolisten had sent her.
Likestolisten: Hi Goldengirl. I hope you don t mind me messaging you instead of waiting for your
reply. I ve been checking my inbox all day for a response.
Goldengirl: Hi Likestolisten. How are you? I was just about to send you a reply message.
Likestolisten: Well, there you go. You just made my day.
Goldengirl: Well, I do like to please.
Likestolisten: I am not going to take that in the perverted way. I promise.
Goldengirl: Perverted way? Huh?
Likestolisten: Read your sentence back again.
Goldengirl: Oh, oops. Haha. That is not what I meant.
Likestolisten: Do you want me to hold on while you send me my message?
Goldengirl: I was just going to say that maybe we could grab a coffee sometime.
Likestolisten: Is tomorrow good?
Goldengirl: Wow, you re fast.
Likestolisten: I guess that s why I have a gold medal from the Olympics.
Goldengirl: You do not!
Likestolisten: No, I don t! But wouldn t that have been awesome if I did.
Goldengirl: Haha. Yes. It would have been pretty awesome. So why do you like to listen so much?
Likestolisten: It goes well with my job.
Goldengirl: And that is?
Likestolisten: Something I ll tell you about later? It s quite boring.
Goldengirl: Okay.
Likestolisten: So what do you do?
Goldengirl: Just finishing up my bachelors degree and looking for a job.
Likestolisten: Aw. Good luck with the job search. It s a hard market these days.
Goldengirl: Thanks. I m fully prepared to be a barista at Starbucks if need be!!!
Likestolisten: I ll have a grande soy caramel macchiato please.
Goldengirl: Coming right up kind sir.
Likestolisten: Do you want to meet at a Starbucks tomorrow? That way you can grab an application as
well and kill two birds with one stone.
Goldengirl: How thoughtful you are. We can meet by Union Square?
Likestolisten: Awesome. Around 7pm?
Goldengirl: That s great!
Likestolisten: Awesome. I ll let you go so you can respond to my message now!
Goldengirl: Haha. Bye.
Likestolisten: Bye.
Ella exited the instant message with a huge grin on her face. Likestolisten sounded like a really cool
guy. She felt a bit bad that she had deceived him but she didn t want him to know that she was an [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]