Chapter 25“This drives you crazy more than one week,” Rosa said, whining. “Better you decide now.”
“If I buy the books at Mona's store, and he sees me there,” Rachael said, “it'll look as if I'm spying on him.”
“Pero, why not?” Rosa asked, teasing and flicking her eyebrows.
Some of Rosa's advice sounded as though it came from the annals of the time worn tradition of pulling out all stops to get your man. Rachael couldn't imagine what Rosa must have been like in her younger years when she, as Rosa claimed, chased her boyfriend till she snagged him. She must have been a power to reckon with. Rosa's sense of humor, left unchecked, could enlighten a funeral. Yet, her way was not Rachael's way. “I don't believe in acting out of desperation,” Rachael said.
“It would put your mind at ease, ch
