Recall that Laura and I were writing back and forth over the internet as complete strangers ever since the day I started praying. Who was this mystery girl?

Laura told me that she was an oboe player. Jennifer was also an oboe player. A week later, it struck me that Jennifer and Laura might actually know each other. This was bizarre - yet another "coincidence" in the "string of coincidences." However, as a scientist, I did not let my guard down so easily. I was determined to conduct an "official investigation" into these matters.

I asked Laura a lot of questions. What I learned was astonishing! They had the same major - music. They played the same instrument - oboe. They were also in the same band. There was a total of 5 students in the band and 35,000 students on campus, each with e-mail accounts on the student cluster.

The probability of such a neat "coincidence" was extremely low. Nevertheless, I still wanted further evidence. I had Laura promise not to tell Jennifer about me or about our communications since I wanted to track Jennifer's behavior in an unbiased way.