My heart raced with anticipation as I sat at table 13, ready for my Tinder date with Alan. But as he arrived and I greeted him from my wheelchair, his smile faded to shock.
“Sally? Wow. You didn’t mention… the wheelchair,” he stammered.
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“I didn’t think to,” I replied, hoping for understanding. “I wanted you to see me, not my wheelchair. Why, is there a problem?”
“It’s just… that’s a big thing not to mention,” he said, his initial enthusiasm waning. “Don’t you think?”
“I wanted us to meet without assumptions,” I explained.
Suddenly, Alan took out his phone and scrolled through something. “Not a single picture in a wheelchair. Lying by omission?” He glared at me. I could see he was enraged, his eyes red and fists clenched.