Finn grabs my arm, as though he has to touch me to believe I’m real. I don’t blame him. His grip is the only thing stopping me from pitching right into him. “Hi.” My voice sounds strange and high. Dad jumps in before I can say anything else. “Of course you two would know each other. I don’t know why I didn’t think of it, but you were in the same graduating class.” He says this like he’s proud to have figured it out. The woman I presume to be Eloise smiles. “Zosia, it’s so nice to meet you. I’ve heard so much about you.” I swallow my urge to say I’ve heard nothing about her. “Thank you.” Finn’s hand still grips my arm, and he drops it as if he’s just remembered he’s touching me when I look up at him. “You’re in Tokyo.” He nods slowly. “Yeah.” “Wow.” I don’t even try to think of something intelligent to say. “Finn made Dean’s List at MIT, and his father thought it would be nice for him to take the summer off after all that hard work, so his ticket to Tokyo was a congratulations present.”
