“I can’t believe this is happening to me… I’m so embarrassed!”, Mary said angrily. Standing beside her car in the middle of nowhere, her friend’s attempts to console her were having no effect. “I mean the ONE time! The one time I decide to do something adventurous and join a dating app; This has to happen! I’m already late and now I have to wait here, on the side of the god-maned road, for some big, strong mechanic to come and rescue me, the damsel in distress. How pitiful is that?!”
“It’s nothing to be ashamed of, miss”, a voice bellowed from behind her which caused Mary to jump.
He was a slimmer-looking guy but one who clearly works out. He was wearing grey cargo shorts, a branded jumper and light brown safety boots.
Mary ended the phone call and started apologizing to him and could feel herself getting flustered- Today just wasn’t her day.
He slowly walked towards her and outstretched his hand and introduced himself, “Let’s pretend none of that ever happened. Hi, I’m Hank.”. Mary noted how firm his grasp was and felt her breath shorten as her mind raced. Before hearing a strange noise coming from her car which forced her to pull over, Mary was on her way to hook up with a random guy for the first time since Emilio left her for another guy- this was four months ago.