3Gradually Samantha worked her way through all of her friends. They had different variations on Mara’s advice. Some were more excited than others that Samantha had finally gotten herself laid. A few pointed out that if she saw Ben again, she should go after him. After each call, Samantha felt unsatisfied. It went on this way until mid-afternoon
Samantha called Celeste Lightfoot last. She was the wildest of the bunch and was the only one who had majored in pure humanities instead of some sort of science background like the others had. She was one of Samantha’s oldest friends and the only one who knew Samantha when she was an undergraduate. All her other friends were either members of her cohort or colleagues.
But Celeste was different. She had always been different and as time went on, Sa
