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"I had a little sorab a little ed her purse, which she’d just left on a hall table, as he dragged her away frohtful and a pushy kinda guy Especially when I’ hands

When they exited the hotel, Glen held her hand tighter

"What are you in the mood for?"

The beauty of New York City was that you could walk two blocks in any direction and find the flavors of the entire world, or close to it

"I’nored her and raers?"

She shook her head

"Chinese or ThaiKorean barbeque?"

"Salty"

"Deliested "Fish tacos?"

"You pick," she said

"There’s a great Italian place around the corner Pizza?"

"Ohhh, pizza"

Glen pulled her in a circle and started walking the other direction "Pizza it is"

Mary sat back, holding her stoiant pizza filled with dough, sauce, and cheese cooked to perfection "You’re trying tointo his third slice "You eat like a bird"

She tapped a finger on her empty plate

"Well, maybe not with pizza," he said with a wink

The tiny pizza joint was loud and crazy busy They’d ordered at the counter and brought their box to a s wine from a screw-cap bottle

She pushed her paper plate aside, rested her chin in her hands and her elbows on the table "Have you ever done this before?"

He had just opened his mouth to take another bite "Eaten pizza in New York? Yeah, all the ti in his mouth

"No Not the pizza Dated so, picked up the red and white checkered napkin, and wiped his mouth "Hmm, uh, no Well, not as far as California"

Sheone for a date?"

He stared up at the ceiling before waving his pizza in the air "France" He popped h into his oing to give up his meal for the conversation "You asked how far I flew for a date," he said around his food Talking with your mouth full was usually a complete turnoff for Mary, but Glen was the poster child for cute doing it "That would be France Datedas in more than one dateDetroit"

"So you flew to France to get laid and Detroit for a relationship"