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PAGE 3 of: September 26, 2003: Episode 309

Diary of V continued

"I tried." Dan set a plate in front of me. It smelled heavenly. "But she wouldn't eat anything."

"Too bad." Then again, maybe it wasn't such a bad idea for her to maintain a professional distance from the family.

"I was thinking," Dan said, starting slowly.

"Thinking what?"

"I've got a new client -- Eli Strauss. I'm building a wall unit for him. Maple, natural finish. Anyway, Eli's a nice guy, new to town -- and he's single. Carmen's single. What if I tried to play matchmaker?"

I didn't like the idea at all and had a knot in my stomach to prove it. "Uh, we should probably keep out of Carmen's personal life."

"Okay. It was just a thought." He paused. "I just figured, they're both single...well, whatever."

I finished up dinner, then cleaned the kitchen while Dan got Pete ready for bed. As I loaded the dishwasher, I felt myself grow increasingly restless and irritated, though I wasn't sure why. Was it Dan's benign offer of matchmaking that had me feeling this way? What was it that bothered me so? By the time I'd loaded the last plate, I realized it was because Dan had clearly spent some time thinking about Carmen and her love life. He had thought of her not merely as our house assistant but as a single woman. I know it shouldn't bother me, but it does.

'Til next time,
V

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