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What time?

BigCityConvert

Five?

ThisIsAwkward

I’ll be there.

BigCityConvert

I’m looking forward to it.

ThisIsAwkward

I’ll try. By then I might panic and not come.

BigCityConvert

Should we meet tonight?

ThisIsAwkward

Oh, I’m not sure I can do that.

BigCityConvert

When would be best for you?

ThisIsAwkward

Is this because you really want to meet me or because you’re trying to end things?

BigCityConvert

I really want to meet you.

ThisIsAwkward

Okay. Tomorrow at five.

BigCityConvert

See you then.

She signed off the app, and I smiled. I was meeting ThisIsAwkward in less than twenty-four hours.

And putting Natalie Edwards out of my mind.

I changed my clothes three times before I walked out the door for my date. I debated what car to drive, but decided to take my Camaro, knowing if things didn’t go well I’d want to take a drive.

O’Kelley’s was busy but not crowded, which was good. It would get busier later, but for dinner it wasn’t too bad. Even better, I didn’t recognize anyone there except Hudson behind the bar.

“Omar,” Hudson said as I approached him. “Nice to see you twice in less than a week.”

“You, too.”

“What can I get you?”