To: Erin Walsh
From: Nick Acevedo
Date: November 21
Subject: Elves…
Somehow that fits perfectly with your stories about alien black diamonds, Stonewall Jackson's hypochondriasis, and the relative location of Australia.
*Were you baking cookies? What kind?
**Should I be worried about the James Bond-inspired dude taking my wife to dinner?
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To: Nick Acevedo
From: Erin Walsh
Date: November 21
Subject: don't judge me but…
I don't like cookies when they're baked. I only like the dough, but I can't always find it overseas. You could say it's my white whale.
*No. He's more attracted to you than he is me.
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To: Erin Walsh
From: Nick Acevedo
Date: November 22
Subject: don't judge me but…
Okay, I've been thinking about this all night.
Did you know that I wouldn't judge you for any of the other things you've shared with me in the past six months or did you think I'd find raw cookie dough consumption that revolting?
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To: Nick Acevedo
From: Erin Walsh
Date: November 22
Subject: don't judge me but…
Yes.
*happy thanksgiving, husband.
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I wasn't bitter,and I was going to keep telling myself that until I believed it.
