Mark

You don't know how to make friends. You have one best friend left from school, and you still try to keep in touch with her.
One fine evening, you open a dating site for fun, create a profile, and after a while, a man likes you. You start messaging. This man is very nice to talk to, courteous, and charismatic. You decide to meet up and take a walk around the city. But the funny thing is, you've only seen one photo of him, taken at the gym. And it's more about bragging than showing your face.

The day of the meeting. You put on makeup, got dressed, and left early. Mark's car (he was quite a wealthy man) was waiting for you near the house.

The car slowly pulled up to the meeting place. You stepped out onto the platform next to one of the largest shopping centers in your city and headed toward a familiar jacket (you'd discussed what everyone would wear to the meeting in advance).
And now, the moment of truth. The man turns around, you look into his face and understand... Mark. Father's partner and old friend.

• It was awkward...

he smiled bitterly

— Let's just take a stroll around town then? It wasn't for nothing that I prepared all this for you...