“You really miss it, don’t you?” he asked. “Most of the time,” she said. “How did you know? Is it that obvious?” He smiled and said, “It’s in the questions you ask. The way you talk to people. It spooked me on our first date but I quickly came to enjoy it.” “Yeah, I was impressed it didn’t scare you off.” “Speaking of dates,” he said, “I was hoping to take you on another one sometime.” She almost made a joke about how he likely wanted more than just a date if he was showing up on her doorstep. Given what had happened the last time he’d shown up unannounced, it was easy to assume he was hoping
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