the statistical probability of love at first sight by jennifer e smith

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He offers her a sip, and she thinks it tastes awful. since he is 18, and they are somewhere between the United States and England. He tells Hadley stealing the whisky is easier than messing with an I.D. He leaves more than enough money on the seat to pay for it when exiting the plane.

He sweeps Hadley off her feet and onto the dance floor.Īlcohol: Oliver steals two bottles of Jack Daniel’s from the airplane beverage cart. Hadley and her dad talk about the hurts of the past and the possibilities for their relationship to improve in the future. Oliver’s anger helps Hadley realize she still has time to mend her relationship with her dad. He doesn’t seem glad to see Hadley, so she returns to her dad and the wedding party as they prepare for an evening reception. He had a poor relationship with his dad and remains hurt and angry by the way he was treated.

When she reaches the church, she sees Oliver and learns he is, indeed, at his father’s funeral. Leaving her confused, upset father with little explanation, Hadley takes public transportation through the unfamiliar streets of London. Now she is convinced it may be the funeral of Oliver’s estranged father. Hadley had assumed Oliver, like her, was attending a wedding. After the ceremony, she overhears a man mentioning a funeral at the church where Oliver was heading. Hadley goes on to the wedding, where the other bridesmaids quickly dress her to join them. Entering through customs in London, they lose track of each other. They talk the whole way across the ocean and seem to have an amazing connection. Just when everything seems to be going wrong, Hadley sits next to a handsome british Yale student named Oliver. She’s assigned a new flight, but realizes it will be a miracle if she makes it to the wedding on time. His infidelity tore their family apart, leaving Hadley angry at him and skeptical about love.Īt JFK Airport, Hadley misses her flight to London by four minutes. In England, she will watch her dad marry Charlotte, the woman with whom he had an affair during his recent semester in Oxford.

Seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan is not excited about her flight to London.

The statistical probability of love at first sight by jennifer e smith