Page 64 of An Irish Kiss
“No.”
Aisling’s eyes widened.“So excuse me while I have a selfish second, but does this mean I will have that moment one day, too?”
“Maybe.If it ends up being real.”
“Oh please.You might’ve tried to hide it, but I could tell there was something different about you.Oh wow.I can’t believe this.And tell you what, I can’t believe that Fiona has never felt that way either.”Aisling’s head tilted.“Do you think she has and just hasn’t told us?”
“I can’t think she’d be that good at hiding it all these years.”
“Hmm.Well, let’s not worry about her, especially if she doesn’t seem to be too concerned about us.So back to you.If thisisreal, then what are you going to do?”
Rory sighed.“I was thinking I should at least check out his LinkedIn profile.”
“Ooh, great idea.I’m going to do some detective work while you have your shower.”
“Hey, don’t go digging up too much.”
“Oh, you can trust me.”Aisling flashed a grin, then shut the door.
Oh, she certainly could.Trust her to meddle unnecessarily.
By the timeshe finished her shower—one of the quickest in living memory—and dried and dressed she was impatient to learn what her sister had discovered.No way did she trust her sister not to go poking around the internet.
And sure enough, when she went back to her room it was to find Aisling sitting on her bed, laptop in hand, grinning.
“Well, I’ve got good news and bad news.Do you want the good news first?”
“Tell me the bad.”
“Okay, the bad is something awful.Now you should brace yourself for this.Did you know that his dad killed his mother, and his dad died in prison?”
She nodded.“He told me that tonight.”
“He did?Oh.I was sure he wouldn’t want people knowing about that.”
“He said he doesn’t like to talk about it, but he wanted to be honest with me.”
“Wow.Well, good for him.”
“He said that was part of what’s motivated him to want to work with domestic violence victims.”
“That’s what he does for a living?”
“Your internet research didn’t reveal that?”she asked sarcastically.
Aisling shrugged.“It mentioned he works for a law firm, and does some volunteer work with vulnerable communities.I guess that counts.”
“Did you look at his LinkedIn profile?”
“What do you take me for?”
“You didn’t?”
“I did.Well, I was about to and then I thought I should wait for you.”
Just as well.
Aisling passed the computer over to her.“Here it is.I’ll let you do the honours.”
