Who: Mneme and Mitch (NPC). When: Lunch time. What: Mitch has some serious business to discuss with Mneme. Where: The Lucky Bean. Rating: G for GROSS SOBBING. Status: Complete.
Mitch had been mortified to hear what his daughter had gotten up to while he’d been out with his son. While he appreciated that she was thinking of him, it definitely wasn’t healthy for his teenage daughter to put so much effort into getting her father to date. That was another matter entirely – first, he had to explain things to Mneme. There wasn’t really a nice way to do it, either. He liked Mneme, he liked her more than just as a jogging partner, but his kids would always come first, and he just didn’t see the Muse being a long-term fixture.
The last thing they (and he) needed was another woman to run out on them. So he’d invited her to the Lucky Bean for lunch, and he was pretty sure she could smell what was coming on the wind by the way he was acting. Still, he paid for her coffee (he’d insisted) and sat them down in an out of the way corner.
Mitch didn’t waste time, either.
“Kimmy told me what she tried to talk to you about last night,” Mitch said, “So let me just start by saying I’m sorry my teenage daughter tried to play matchmaker. It won’t happen again. We had a long talk about it, and I think we’re due to have a few more long talks very soon.”
Sitting there, looking at her, Mitch felt his stomach knot. She was the most gorgeous woman he’d ever seen, and he was going to tell her to back off.