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“each id psts a wld i us,
a wld pssibl t b util th aiv,
ad it is l b this mtig
that a w wld is b.”
—Aais ni
I wit stis abut lv ad mac, but withi
m bks u will alwas d tu idship.
Withut m tight kit gup I’v kw sic
high schl, I wuld t b th sam ps.
W ma t s ach th as much as t,
but c w d, tim mlts awa
ad th is distac.
Jdi Pada, Lisa Haml Slda,
Malai Sctt, Cll LaPi,
Kimbl Cma, nac Chaudh,thaks alwas big th.
F th lat ight pk ights, thugh gd m
ad bad, thugh amil cisis ad hatachs, ad
duig sm th uist laugh ut lud mmts
m li—I ad u.
Women rock.
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prologue
I T waS officiaL.
Sh was th dat m hll.
Kat Smu achd h wi, cd a bight
smil, ad tid v had t t sta at th lump chs
hagig m h cmpai’s chi. oka, s h was a bit
sciall awkwad. Still did’t mak it ight t t tic
chick pam was stuck his ac.Sh pattd h chi i a silt pla him t gab his
apki. Sigals w th uivsal gstu wm usd
wh tilt pap was stuck t thi sh a pic tag was
hagig m thi skit, but this gu had’t gtt th
mm.
H kpt talkig abut his maktig busiss, which
was kid itstig, but hw culd sh cus wh sh
stad at a lump mzzalla?
“Umm, Badl? yu’v gt smthig, umm, ---
ight th u—”
H swipd at it ba-hadd lik a ba gabbig a sh,
ad th chs ll t th plat. “Thaks. S, I’m all
glad w all gt t d this i ps. I jd talkig
with u v th ph.”
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2 JENNifER PRoBST
Suddl t hug am, Kat pushd th last
h salm aud th plat ad ddd. “M, t. Big a
busiss w, I’m alwas asciatd b Pr ad th bst
was t bad. What tp s-s-s-svics d u at
u cmpa?”
Stupid stutt. It alwas slippd ut wh sh was -
vus abut makig a gd impssi. nt that h dat
smd t ca abut h thughtul qusti. I act, h
smd m itstd i th busb, givig him a bight
smil ad spctul silc wh h swpd i t cla
up th mss at th tabl.
Badl plwd thugh th spaghtti ad suckd th
lp stads thugh his tth with a hiss. Wh h allmaagd t swallw, h lkd up. A dd xpssi
cssd his ac. “Wll, I’m t xactl mpld i that
dpatmt. I will b s, thugh, ad I kw m tha
mst th mpls.”
Huh. H’d isiuatd that h a a ti dpatmt.
odd. “yu titl is scial latis, ight? What dpatmt
is that?”
“Dma.”
Kat blikd. “oh. Ww, I bt u mt a lt it-
stig ppl.”
Sauc staid his lips. Sh kpt h gaz cusdslightl t th lt.
“ys, I gud I’d stat with a t psiti ad
mak m wa up th ladd.”
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SEaRcHiNG foR SoMEDaY 3
This culd still wk. Sh admid ambiti i a ma.
Su, h had kid sttchd th tuth abut his jb, but
mab h was mbaassd t tll h v th ph. nt
that sh judgd: Kat culd’t ca lss what titl a ma b
as lg as h likd his wk. ev his lks w’t bad,
m th avag J, which sh cutd. Sht dak hai,
bw s, ud ac. A bit vwight but thig ut
th dia i a wld lld with ast d ad istat gat-
icati. Kat dspisd th chamig, gd-lkig tps
that lkd at wm l as a wa t sv thi gs.
“Smat. yu wt t nyU, ight?” sh askd. “I gadu-
atd m th, t, i busiss maagmt. What did
u stud?”“I tk a class th c. Did’t gt t ish, sic I
had t g tak ca m mm.”
Istat smpath ad hp fickd. A ma wh -
spctd amil was k t a gd match. “I’m s, is sh ill?”
Cumbs Italia bad clug t th dg his muth.
ys, atig with him wuld b a ch, but a ma wh
hlpd his mth must hav a hat gld. “Sh’s gt a-
thitis. Tld h I’d mv i ad hlp h ut.”
Wh did th sm m t th st? “Ds sh hav
tubl mvig aud? I’v had sv cditis
that ca b v paiul.”Badl pausd t slup his wat, which addd t th
ti mal h w w his ac. “H gs hut
smtims s I ca hlp h p jas ad stu. I kp h
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cmpa, ad sh cks ad clas m. It wks ut
ptt wll.”
Th Titanic had thig this dat, but sh ught
th icbg lik a wma cligig t suvival. Kat dsp-
atl dd Badl t b the one. o hudd was a
luck umb, was’t it? o hudd dats spk pa-
tic. Sh’d waitd, ivstd h tim wisl, ad blivd
i th pcss. As th succssul w Kictis
matchmakig agc, sh livd ad bathd h busiss.
Sh blivd, dammit. Ad it was gttig a littl wid
th w t still b sigl with pspct i sight.
Sh fxd h gs ad ught th impuls t tuch
him. I th was v a slight tigl ccti, sh’ddal with th jb ad his mth. H git ssig stg
g btw tw ppl mat t b tgth was als
a cus. Hw ma tims had sh gtt a lctical shck
m a cupl wh w sul-mats? Hw ma m had
sh sudd t th wm bcaus sh alizd h
dat blgd with th waitss custm svic p-
stativ st clk? It svd h wll as a match-
mak but was pu hll h psal li. Th touch a
thugh th gatis wm i h amil, but
had dcidd t us it busiss. Still, sh pd usig
scic ad skill t mak h matchs i Kictis, adtid had t t lt th tuch it with h mai busi-
ss pla. It was m a wa t cm th had mad
th ight match c a cupl gt sius. nt that sh was
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SEaRcHiNG foR SoMEDaY 5
ad t tll Badl a ls abut h sct
wap.
Sh studid him m acss th tabl ad usd t
ls hp. Badl was mat t b hs, but sh was’t
ad t put h hads him t cm.
Th waitss glidd v ad placd th chck dis-
ctl i th middl th tabl. Kat hld h bath,
kwig this was th ultimat tst. A ma wh paid
di th st dat had valus. It was a mak--bak
mmt. Aticipati cut thugh h, ad sh hld h
bath.
Badl achd v ad gabbd th bill.
Giddiss spilld thugh h. Fiall. Sh had’t bwg. Su, ugh patchs dd t b wkd ut, but
Kat blivd.
Badl scad th bill ad whippd ut a pckt cal-
culat. Hat sikig, sh watchd his gs f acss th
ks. “oka, sic it’s t v, I’ll tak th high pti.
yu w $43.00 v ad I’ll pa $44.63. That’s with a -
t pct tip. Is that accptabl?”
Kat stad as h dam a sul-mat withd as
ast as th Wickd Witch’s bd, but sh did’t gt a cl
ub shs lt i th pcss. “Su.”
“Gat. Cash cdit?”Sh achd i h Cach pus ad pulld ut h
VISA. “H u g.”
“Thaks.”
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6 JENNifER PRoBST
Th busb stppd at thi tabl. “A u d, si?
Miss?”
Badl ddd, his gaz xatd th ug ma’s
bad chst ad muscld shulds llig ut his smat d
ad black uim. Paic futtd i h bll as th ai
chagd aud h. No. Not possible.
But sh had t kw.
Th busb achd th plat, givig h dat a
sidlg sductiv glac. Kat daggd i a bath ad
bushd his had with h am at th sam tim h gs
tuchd h dat’s.
A ti shck shivd acss h fsh ad vibatd
thugh h bd. Badl smild at th busb, his accavd ut with pu wat.
Ah, cap.
It was v.
Sh ught a sigh ad sudd umb hudd.
“Badl, I’ll b ight back. I d t g t th ladis’ m.”
“o cus.”
Sh gabbd h pus ad duckd dw th hallwa.
At a w miuts, th busb walkd past ad sh
achd ut t tuch his am. “excus m?”
“ys, ma’am?”
Sh glacd at his am tag. “Gab, I’m s, but I w-d i u ca la a mssag t m dat? I’m t lig wll
ad d t lav. I’m su h’d lv t sta i pssibl. Wuld
u b willig t bu him a dik u bak?”
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SEaRcHiNG foR SoMEDaY 7
Gab’s ac ddd. “A’t u tgth?”
Kat smild. “n, I’m t his tp. I’m su i u -
d, h’d b itstd.”
rcgiti spakd i his dak s, ad h ddd.
“I’d b itstd.”
“Thak u. Gd luck. I’m gig t slip ut th sid
d.”
Sh vacatd th stauat, caught btw dspai
h plight ad happiss sh had mad a match. Dam, h
gada cmpltl suckd.
Th Mach ight was bisk ad cld i Vil, ad sh
bathd i, t watig t g hm t. Th shps stad
p Satuda ight ad it was l ight thit. Hhigh- hld bts clickd th pavmt as sh walkd,
jig th ats Huds riv tw that bastd a vai-
t sts ad caés with a dg, uk l. Whit lights
glittd aud th ts that lid th sidwalk, ad
music spilld m Mugs, th ppula ba that als svd
as a ightclub. A ull m hug suspdd v th iv
li, illumiatig th Tappa Z Bidg, which glittd i
th distac. Sh wavd h wa thugh pdstias with
dgs lashs ad gigglig gups cllg studts,
ad dppd a buck i th pail th ug ma plaig a
guita ad sigig abut bk hats.Lliss hit. Sh was s tid. Wh was it h tu?
Wh wuld sh all d th ccti hsl?
Ulss . . .
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Sh v ud it. Buisd m th csistt disap-
pitmts, sh wdd i mab givig up th dam
dig h match wuld sv h btt. Mab, just
mab, th was’t a ma wma mat v.
Mab, just mab, sh was mat t b al.
Sh ught th sudd ug t c ad wallw i a sl-
pit pat. Sh was d. I sh wt m disap-
pitig dat, sh did’t thik sh’d cv. Th hll with
lv. Sh’d bu a w bk, g hm t rbt, ad sug-
gl ud a blakt.
Kat pausd i t th usd-bk st. Tim a
chag. n m datig. n m chasig lv. Sh’d c-
ctat h busiss, h ids, ad dig thigs thatmad h happ.
With h had up ad h w sluti m, sh
stppd isid, ad th bll tikld. Scts swamd
aud h i wdul amiliait. Lath. Pap. Mth-
balls. Pcti.
Sh cssd th w capt ad stppd i t th
makd ad battd t dsk. “Gt athig m,
Hct?”
Th b bhid th cut was d thi, with a smat-
tig pimpls ad spikd pupl hai. Hct shk his
had with a gi. “B waitig u, Kat. I’m hldiga w bx usd bks i th back. I had tim t st
thm t, s u ma t d athig.”
Sh shivd with th lu th ukw. Wuld sh
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SEaRcHiNG foR SoMEDaY 9
v gt tid ippig p a w bx bks ad sit-
ig thugh th tasus? “n wis. I’ll g thugh
thm i that’s ka?”
Th t mtid twad th back th st. “Hlp
usl. It’ll sav m sm wk.”
“Thaks.” Kat walkd dw th dstd aisl ad
it th stm. Th campd spac hld a aa
bxs, l cabits, ad paps i a xtml uga-
izd ashi. Th w shipmt was clal makd,
thugh, s sh pulld it dw m th pil ad ippd it
p with h w hads, ath tha th bx cutt. Sh’d
v b abl t kp a pct maicu awa.
Kat sat css-lggd th cld cct f adpulld thm ut b . rmac. Bigaph. Sm
ditig. Sh kpt t th sid a w that sh watd t t,
th ud a gat lv sigs that smd sval
as ut dat. Hmm, u v kw what u’d gla
m th ightis. Culd b hlpul. Sh addd it t h
gwig stack. A itstig bk hw mals lat t
dgs. Ditl culd’t pass that up. Ad th—
H gs clsd a abic cvd bk ad sh
pulld it ut. Bight vilt assaultd h visi. The Book
of Spells. Simpl titl. Small, squa, t a cti vl but
m a hw-t bk? Sh cackd th bidig a bit adglacd thugh th st pag.
A lw hum vibatd t th tips h gs. H bll
wbbld, as i sh’d just s a ht mal pspct ath
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tha a simpl bk. Th hum gw stg as sh fippd
thugh, makig ts a acit lv spll ad a chat
t eath Mth. Fasciatig. Sh’d v s athig
lik it; th was’t v a auth td. Hw was that
pssibl?
Ditl a kp. Mab smthig u h cli-
tl.
Kat dppd th bk h pil.
A cackl lcticit sht thugh h bd lik a
wt plug i a utlt. Sh lpd ad akd back, staig
at th pupl cv. What th hll was that? Mab th ab-
ic gav sm tp shck. But dam, that hut.
“nd a hlp back th?”Hct’s vic chd thugh th st. Shakig h
had, sh pushd t h t ad st th bx back. Caul
t t tuch th pupl bk, sh scpd up h tasu
pil ad mad h wa ut th stm.
“Gt vthig I d. Hct, I tk six bks.
Chag it t m accut, plas!”
“yu gt it. Hav a gd .”
Flig a bit btt v h w puchass, Kat
hadd twad h ca ad th tpical Satuda ight with
h bks ad h dg.
Gd-b umb hudd. That dat blgd ith cd bk disasts.
It was gig t b a lg tim b sh had th
stamia t v thik abut hudd ad .
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one
I ’M MoviNG ouT.”
Slad watchd his sist dag h vsizd fal
pics luggag dw th hallwa ad dp thm at th
t d. A stag paic ad thugh his sstm, but
h std z i th , watchig th sc uld.
Hll, . Sh was’t ad t g awh h w t,
but smhw h dd t cvic h withut lkiglik a cazd ctl-ak bth. H kpt his vic g-
tl ad m.
“Ja, I d’t thik it’s a gd ida. I kw u wat a
plac u w, but I d’t thik u’ ad. Bsids,
I’ll gt ll b msl. Giv it sm tim, ad I’ll hlp u
d a apatmt.”
Ja tud ast, hads hips, that uius mal
scwl h kw wll. Bttm li, h’d scwd up his wds
agai. “Fist , giv m a littl cdit. I’m ad. I appci-
at u lttig m liv h, but I shuld’v mvd ut a
a ag. Ad th l as u’ ll is u usal
t sta with a wma past ight.”
Slad wicd. Uai. H was alwas disct wh it
cam t wm, t dig his sist t t t bd with
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a thm, sic lg-tm cmmitmt was dmd
m th stat. Th statistics al maiag bakups
causd a shudd.
Sh machd it th p livig m ad hadd t-
wad th bkcas t gab a w th shlvs. Cap, was
that The Chew’s w ckbk? H had’t v lkd at
th pictus t. “B asabl, Ja. yu hav wh
t g, ad I d’t wat u staig at a capp studi i
Mahatta. It’ll cst a milli dllas ad w’t b sa.
A u still upst v u bakup? W ca g slash his
tis, gt duk, ad watch chick fick mvis. That’s what
wm d, ight?”
Ja tippd h had back ad laughd. “Gd, Slad, i I did’t lv u s much I’d mud u. I hav a plac al-
ad. I td a apatmt i Vil th iv. I quit
m jb ad lid up a w at th lcal cmmuit cl-
lg th.”
Th m spu. H stad at his mall sh, lgical,
stad sist ad wdd what sh’d duk t tu it
M. Hd. “Quit u jb? yu w wkig tu!”
“Ad I hatd it th. Stu, pmpus, ad big. I
hat Mahatta, t. It’s cwdd ad huts m had mst
th tim.” Ja daggd i a bath ad walkd v,
stug th bks i h tt bag. H lg jt black haispug it a whilwid culs, ad h cca bw s
pd at him sadl m bhid thick black glasss. “I
ca’t d this am,” sh said. “I d a sh stat m
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SEaRcHiNG foR SoMEDaY 13
w tms. Vil is small ad quait, ad th cllg -
cuss usig cativit i litatu. I ca gw th.
Mab mt a ma wh w’t wig m d ad dump
m.” H laugh was ttall w, ad Slad’s hat squzd
i sh a.
H culd’t lt h g. I smthig happd, it wuld
b his ault. Agai. At last i sh w ud his , h
culd asil gaug i sh was dw-spialig. Slad swug
it law md. Big th tp divc laws i
th stat had t b gd smthig th tha m.
“I udstad u wat t b u w. I ag it’s
tim, but quittig u jb ad uig t a tw u
d’t kw is dagus. I’ll g with u t Vil thiswkd. I’ll hlp u lk, mab mt sm ppl
th s u’ t al, ad w’ll gu it ut tgth.”
H vic s t a dagus lvl. “I d’t wat t
gu it ut tgth! I wat t gu thigs ut msl.
oh, Gd’s sak, lk at this plac.” Sh fug ut h
am ad gstud t his xpsiv lt apatmt situatd
i th cvtd lcati Tibca. Th hug p spac
was split it tw lvls with a slk glass staicas c-
ctig thm tgth. Widws lid th walls ad v-
lkd th cit Mahatta. Pic at, bamb fs,
dg glass tabls, gait cuts, ad hug lath cli-s cmpltd th lk bachl i th cit.
“What’s wg with it? W hav plt m h.”
“This is u plac! I hav’t had athig msl i
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th past th as. I’m twt-ight as ld. It’s tim I
d thigs m tms withut a wig i I’m
gig t mtiall ls it wh smthig gs wg.”
H wicd. Ja was xtml ssitiv ad had al-
was stuggld i such a butal scit. H watchd a lg
li m cush h lik a gtl fw ud thi hls
util th was thig lt but a w sta ptals. H’d
sw v t lt a hut h agai. H had t mak
h sta.
“Swthat, I kw u’ much stg w. D’t
v thik I’m waitig u t impld. I just thik it
wuld b btt t wait.”
“I d’t.” Ja pd th clst d, gabbd hblack wl cat, ad stud h ams i th slvs. “Wh
I gt sttld, u ca big th st m stu ad visit. I
thik u’ll lik it i Vil. Ad I w’t b ll lg.
I’v dcidd t sig up with a matchmakig agc.”
yp. Sh’d ditl sluggd th M. Hd puch. “A
u kiddig m? D u kw hw ma ths gt
clsd dw aud? Th’s such thig as th pct
match, ad u kw it. What is gig with u?”
Sh stuck h chi ut. “I’m tid big aaid ad
mtig th wg m. Kictis is a wll-spctd
cmpa. I lik th wm I mt th, ad I tust thm. Sd’t w abut m hlig up i m apatmt ad gt-
tig dpssd. I’m gig ut th ad mtig ppl.
I’m dit this tim.”
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SEaRcHiNG foR SoMEDaY 15
“This plac is gig t tak u m ad giv u
als xpctatis. What i it ds’t wk ut ad u
cash? I’m t gig t stad aud hlplssl whil
u’ dstd agai b sm uthlss ppl ut
u m.”
Sh lt ut a utagd squal. “A u listig t
usl? Gd, stp ptctig m. I’m a dit ps
tha I was th as ag ad u’ stifig m! Mm ad
Dad wuld’t wat m t liv tuckd awa i u ma
cav whil I watch li happ t th ppl.”
“Mm ad Dad v ud u a bathm f
vdsd pills. Mm ad Dad did’t hld u i thi
ams, paig u w’t di!”Th silc shattd aud thm. Slad clsd his
s bif, gi cuttig ut pics him. Th wds -
twid with a blam ad a pla that twistd his stmach.
Th mm dig h suicid attmpt chagd him.
H watd h sa. Culd’t sh udstad?
His vic bk. “I’m s s, Ja. I did’t ma t
big that up.”
Hut cavd ut th lis h ac, ad h lw
lip tmbld. “ys. yu did. I’m s I put u thugh
that. But I’m t th sam ps am. I dsv
happiss ad I’m gig t tak it. ys, I ma gt hutalg th wa, but I ca hadl it w, Slad. I’m st-
g.” Sh tssd h tt v h shuld ad gabbd
th hadl h suitcas. “I d’t blam u t
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tustig m. But I’m gig t pv msl. yu’ t -
spsibl m a lg.”
“F Gd’s sak, lt m hlp u. I’ll bu u di
ad w’ll talk m abut this.”
Sh thw p th d. “n. Th dma is mtig
m dwstais.”
“But I d a umb, a addss, smthig.”
“I’ll call wh I gt sttld. Lv u.”
Sh lt. This tim, h did’t stp h. Pat him cg-
izd it was imptat sh cav h w wa. Th th
hal dcidd h’d ip apat athig that tid t hut h.
o a.
With a lw cus, h stalkd t his cmput ad tpdi th wds.
Kinnections. Matchmaking. Verily.
H stad at th sc a whil ad mad his dci-
si.
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