Author's Note - This story is part of the
Literotica 750 Word Project 2020
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Home two months and everyone's nagging. 'Find a nice man. Get married. Make babies.' Can true happiness only bloom in pairs or clusters?
Mama picked everything for this special night: candle-lit restaurant, tight dress, and Jason, an athletic accountant with fair eyes and curls. Too bad Jason's a pretender. Smiles a lot to show off expensive, capped teeth. He asks basic questions, never deviates into real conversation. Mention of the CIA makes him flinch. Typical male insecurity.
This feels more like a mission than a date. Just an agent sizing up her mark. What a tedious effort for a guy whose only contribution to saving the world is recycling water bottles.
Sorry, Mama. Jason will never surprise or impress your girl.
He's no Stefano.
Boredom sets in with the arrival of the main course. The pasta proves bland, like Jason's aspirations. Breadsticks are superb, thoughβ crunchy, buttery crust worth a few more minutes of humdrum before executing an artful getaway.
Jason's phone rings. He apologizes, vacating his seat to wander toward the restrooms. His eyes say what his lips will repeat in a moment. Date's over. He arranged his own backup and cover story. Perfect. What a gentleman.
In the lot, a figure lurks in the shadows near the Mercedes. Jason heads over, clueless to the possible danger. His attention's consumed with excuses that continue to flow, demonstrating his inexperience lying.
Grab the assailant as he eases from concealment, expecting a gun or knife, but find only a crisp set of agency credentials. Stefano's dressed for the field, dark and tidyβ a classic look the imposing Italian-American wears well.
Jason startles, flattening against the sedan.
Stefano flashes his badge. "This is about her. You can go."