Page 65 of An Irish Kiss
“What was the good news you mentioned before?”
“Oh, just the fact he does seem to be who he says he is.Like, he has a real job.And lives where he says he does.And has a sister.I saw a picture on Facebook—his sister really should adjust her privacy settings—but I found the cutest one of him and a little girl.”
“His niece, probably.Was she dressed in ballet clothes?”
“How did you know?”
“He told me about her too.”
“Huh.Well, maybe he is the real deal.”Aisling nudged her.“Come on.What does his LinkedIn profile say?”
Rory clicked it open, then studied the information.Yes, just as he’d said, it all lined up with what he’d told her.“I think he’s legitimate.”
“Let’s look up where he works, see if we can find anything about that.”
“Okay.”She got her own laptop while Aisling tapped away.
It might be nowwaypast her bed-time, especially given the kind of day she’d had, but this was also kind of fun, working with her sister, finding out more about the man she’d shared such an epic kiss with.She sighed.
“If you’re sitting there thinking about him, then I don’t want to know.”
“Come on.You’re sitting there thinking about him because you’re busy looking him up online.”
“That’s entirely different.I’m researching, making sure he’s safe enough for you to fall in love with.”
It felt a little too late for that.
She soon found his workplace, and a news site search found some articles that mentioned him.Not many, but enough to know he was doing what he said and trying to help others.
Far more interesting however, was looking him up on social media, and seeing his name mentioned in occasional pictures and posts on his sister’s Facebook and Instagram.There was a picture of an elderly lady as well, who she imagined must be the grandmother.The grandmother who had started this whole quest.Her heart tensed.
Aisling leaned over.“Is that his granny?”
“I think so.”
“She looks sweet.”
That she did.
“But she can’t be so sweet if she’s sent him all the way over here.”
True.
“Rory, how is this going to work?”
“Work?”
Aisling turned to her.“You and him.A relationship.”
“Well, you need to give us a minute, but probably like anyone else who is long distance.We email and call and message and video and one day visit.”
“But if you keep on going, then what?Would you really move to Australia?”
She laughed.“We haven’t even really started dating yet.”
“Hmm, I think an all-day date like you’ve had that ends with you kissing counts as about ten normal dates.”
She bit her lip.Maybe it did.It certainly felt like they’d gotten to know each other really well today.She shrugged.“Well, I’m sure they have jobs there.Or maybe he could come here.”
