53. Unique

Time was running fast and slow.

Time seemed to slow for Denny as he looked forward to its end and saw his "wife." He used the term clearly put an off-limit sign with how the restaurant manager was sending flirty signals to him earlier. She may look decent and professional, but Denny has seen a lot of women in his adventurous life that he can tell when someone is hitting on him, even in their smartest subtlest ways. He did not think about the word "wife" before the manager came to explain the issue of his orders. Even if he did not have a wedding ring on his finger to prove the word he was married, he believed that his words were enough to warn the lady not to overstep an invisible line between the customer and the service provider.

Unknown to Denny himself, that is one reason why he is fascinated with Trisha so much. She seems to fit in everything he likes. Even without saying the words he expects from her, Trisha is self-aware and very much conscious never to offend him, except for