Every Boy's Got One (19 page)

To: Jane Harris

Fr: Cal Langdon

Re: Holly and Mark

You are certainly entitled to your opinion. Just as I am entitled to mine.

Cal

To: Cal Langdon

Fr: Jane Harris

Re: Holly and Mark

You’re not entitled to your opinion at ALL. Because it’s WRONG. You have absolutely no factual basis for it. You can’t know Mark is making “the biggest mistake of his life” by marrying Holly because you hardly know Holly. You’re basing your opinion on your own personal biases against love and marriage. And that has nothing to do with Mark OR Holly. That was just your own stupidity.

J

To: Jane Harris

Fr: Cal Langdon

Re: Holly and Mark

Now who’s stating an opinion for which she has no factual basis?

Cal

To: Cal Langdon

Fr: Jane Harris

Re: Holly and Mark

Um, hello, any MORON can tell you that marrying a model you’ve known for a month is stupid. I’m sorry, but it’s true.

J

To: Jane Harris

Fr: Cal Langdon

Re: Holly and Mark

Has anyone ever told you, Ms. Harris, that your tactlessness is astounding?

Cal

To: Cal Langdon

Fr: Jane Harris

Re: Holly and Mark

ME??? I’m not the tactless one, Mr. There’s No Such Thing as Romantic Love. Holly and Mark are in their thirties, not their twenties, and they’ve lived together for over two years. They are NOT making the same mistake you did. They are consenting adults—neither working in the modeling industry—who are in love. End of story.

J

To: Jane Harris

Fr: Cal Langdon

Re: Holly and Mark

Perhaps we should discuss this face-to-face. My persuasive powers are at a disadvantage on handheld portable devices.

Cal

To: Cal Langdon

Fr: Jane Harris

Re: Holly and Mark

No way! I don’t want Holly getting wind of the fact that you aren’t one hundred percent behind this wedding thing. She’s freaking out enough about her family not being behind the idea. If she finds out the best man’s against it too, she’ll die.

J

To: Jane Harris

Fr: Cal Langdon

Re: Holly and Mark

I meant sometime when Holly and Mark were not with us.

Cal

To: Cal Langdon

Fr: Jane Harris

Re: Holly and Mark

Well, I don’t see when that’s going to happen.

J

To: Jane Harris

Fr: Cal Langdon

Re: Holly and Mark

You don’t anticipate that, during the next seven days we will be spending together, there will be a time when we will be alone together?

Cal

To: Cal Langdon

Fr: Jane Harris

Re: Holly and Mark

God, I hope not. I mean, no, I don’t. Let’s just keep this conversation on paper. Or email. Or whatever. I don’t want Holly getting wind of it. I—

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Well, THAT was totally humiliating. Holly’s cell phone went off right when I was about to rewrite that last message to Cal, and I accidentally pushed Send.

Then Holly asked me to answer her cell phone, since she was concentrating on driving, and her purse was in the back-seat anyway with me and Mark (Cal, of course, got the front seat, since he’s so TALL) and the phone was ringing.