The Tales Next Door
This won’t be the first time it would be happening to him.
He had come on some dates in his early twenties, and they all had ended the same way. The girl would come. She would smile, start the conversation, and in a few minutes when she would stop talking or ask him some question, it would all be over. He would tell her by signaling with his fingers that he was dumb and couldn’t speak. She would open her eyes wide. Some would stay for a quick coffee or lunch out of politeness, others would make some excuse and leave. Then there were those who would get up immediately and with rolling eyes would shout how their parents or friends (whoever had set up the date) had duped her and not told her sh
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