Chapter Four

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He was sexy and he said all the right things, should I give him a chance. My mind kept reminding me about Paul and the way he hurt me but my body was humming and saying go for it. I closed my eyes and said please don't let this be a mistake. When I opened my eyes I said " yes I would love to go out with you " he tried to hide his excitement but I saw the twinkle in his eyes.

Jerry then asked " would Bello Italiano restaurant be ok say around 8:00pm?. " I was like how could he know that I loved Italian, was this a good sign, hmmm I wonder. " yes Jerry that would be lovely, I will meet you there. " he didn't like that I offered to meet him there and suggested that he pick me up at 7:30pm. I relented and wrote down my home address for him.

What am I going to wear, all I had was clothes for work. I informed Diane that I would be leaving work at 3:30 pm so don't book any meetings for me after 3:00pm. Diane had a smug look on her face " so you going out with that sexy guy that came to see you, glad because it has been too long." I felt nervous and wasn't sure how the dating scene operated these days.

Jerry was ten minutes early very impressive, we reached the restaurant the valet was very polite. The atmosphere inside the restaurant was quite romantic and relaxing. The music made me feel like dancing even though I didn't understand the words

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