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The waitress comes back and I assume she asks ant, because Lark orders and then the waitress looks at me I point to what I want on theand Lark looks at me “You want some wine?” she asks me

I shake my head

Lark tells her no and she walks away

“You don’t drink?” Lark asks me

“Not when I’m on a first date”

She smiles at me and my heart skips double time “Is this a date?”

I stare into her eyes “This is a date”

She lays a hand on her chest and pretends to be startled “But I’irl!”

“I know, right? Crazy, isn’t it? Just don’t tell my mother”

A man in a suit approaches the table and speaks to Lark She looks around, and realizes that the nurown

“Who was that?” I ask

She reaches for her purse “My security guard”

“I didn’t know you had anyone with you”

She shrugs “It’s kind of his job to stay in the shadows We need to leave, though,” she says

“Why?”