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That was it. The date was effectively over.

“Carla, I think it’s time you go home,” I told her, getting up from my seat.

I left a sizeable tip for the waiter, along with more than enough cash to settle the bill and apologized to the waiter for the inconvenience. As I walked away, I could hear her calling after me.

“Dylan! You can’t just leave me here like this,” she pleaded.

But it was too late. There was no way I was ever going back in there with her again.

“What a disaster,” I muttered to myself as I got back into my car.

Time was the most important asset to me, and I couldn’t believe that I had just wasted the last hour talking to someone who was about as interesting as watching paint dry. Just then, my phone rang. As I dug it out of my pocket, I sent up a silent prayer that it was work.

“Dylan,” a familiar voice greeted me over the other end of the line. It belonged to one my few closest friends, Garrett. “You free this evening?”

My heart sank a little. I was ready to go and debri
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