In my novella, Anticipating Temptation, a bad date led to Char’s own magazine column, and her boyfriend of four years. This is the story of that bad date. This was originally written in response to a writing prompt from (*drumroll please*) Mama Kat’s Losin’ It.

Char shook the glass in her hand, and the ice jiggled around, but the shaggy-haired waiter still missed the point and didn’t come running with a refill.…