"Well…" she said to herself, her voice shaking slightly. "…that certainly couldn't have gone worse. I guess I should get used to these kinds of things sooner rather than later."
The first thing Mattie saw was his back as he sat at the bar waiting for his order to arrive. He was leaning back on his stool, watching everything going on around him attentively. For a short moment, she considered just leaving him alone.
After all, he would have understood her leaving in the end. After all, this was pretty standard practice in the dating industry. She was usually the one who chose the route of departure - she always wanted to give him a chance to make the right decision without feeling obligated to choose her. That was the real reason why she hadn't bothered telling him anything more than they
