Page 145 of Only After We Met
From: Rhys Baker
To: Ginger Davies
Subject: RE: Do tell
I’ve been busy working on it all week. I think things are starting to gel. I don’t have much time right now, Ginger. The summer season’s started and this year I’m working more nights. Everything okay with you?
From: Ginger Davies
To: Rhys Baker
Subject: Crazy busy
Yeah, everything’s good. I’ll be working the whole summer too, even though I convinced Kate to take a few weeks off later on so she can go visit her parents back home. We’re getting the winter catalogue ready, but we’ve done a good job planning, and I feel like we’re on top of it.
Summer must be super intense there.
From: Ginger Davies
To: Rhys Baker
Subject: Gossip
You won’t believe it, Rhys! I’m actually still in shock. The other day, I decided to go home because I didn’t feel great, and you know what I found? My sister and Kate kissing on the sofa. FOR REAL. I couldn’t have imagined that in a million years. According to Donna, it was obvious Kate leaned that way, since, looking back, she never said anything about being interested in guys, not even when we were in college. But I don’t know…it still caught me by surprise. At first, it was uncomfortable, especially because I felt like they’d been hiding it from me, but then I realized they just didn’t want to tell me until they knew whether or not it was serious, because they were scared it could mess things up at work.
I’m still trying to process it, but I’m happy. Now I understand why Donna was painting again so enthusiastically this pastmonth and what was going on all those weekends when they kept asking me, all interested, if I was thinking about staying over at James’s place.
They’re a perfect couple.
From: Rhys Baker
To: Ginger Davies
Subject: RE: Gossip
Sometimes I read some story like that, like Logan’s with Sarah or your sister’s with Kate, and I almost feel like love could be easy… But I guess it just seems that way. Like in the end there’s got to be a trick, a surprise ending or something.
From: Ginger Davies
To: Rhys Baker
Subject: Always
Love should be easy, Rhys.
From: Rhys Baker
To: Ginger Davies
Subject: RE: Always
Is it like that with James?
From: Ginger Davies
To: Rhys Baker
Subject: RE: RE: Always