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It was three o'clock on a Friday afternoon when my coworker, Sophie Young, sent me a photo. She and my husband, David Shaw, were standing on a beach, wearing matching swimsuits and smiling like the happiest couple in the world. The caption was just two words: [Perfect match.] I stared at the photo for ten seconds, then smiled. I got up, walked to the copy room, and printed a hundred color copies. I taped them up everywhere, from the CEO's office door to the break room to both of their desks. Every spot where someone could see it, I made sure one was hanging straight and clean. After I put up the last copy, I turned off my phone and drove straight to the airport. Three days later, I powered my phone back on in a hotel room in the Azure Isles. I had 299 missed calls and over a thousand unread texts. The one sitting right at the top was from David's mother, Margaret Shaw: [Have you lost your mind?!]