Lauren and Aubrey wanted to know what I did with the missed connection.

I told them what I wrote back, and they laughed. I don't have time for bullshit and I don't fuck around. But basically, the idea (between us, not what I said to him) is that he won't be coming into my world because to him, he's chasing a ghost, an idea that doesn't exist. But his friend has an opportunity, if he believes in magic.

I told Lauren, if there's more to be said, he and I will run into each other again.

How do you know that, she asked.

We just will, I said. Because that's the way these things work.