Story of my life

Chapter 13

I turned to my manager and asked what it was all

about. “This guy already gave me his number!” I

said, confused. “What is it doing here again?”

My manager gravely told me that Matthew had

called the restaurant and asked for me the day

before, but since I wasn’t there, he simply left his

name and number with the hostess. “Is this guy

stalking you? Do you want me to call him?” he

asked with concern.

I laughed and said I didn’t think so. But secretly, I

was impressed with Matthew’s tenacity. He was

interested, and he wasn’t beating around the bush

about it. I liked that.

I texted him that afternoon and apologized for not

calling. I told him that I’d wanted to, but it had

only been several days since my ex and I had

broken up and it felt a little irreverent to be calling

another guy so soon. I said that I’d call him when

I got off work that night.