Lake:

It is safe to say I ran out of the restaurant as quickly as my legs could carry me. I could hear faint cries behind me, echoes of a male voice screaming my name, but I paid the voices no mind. I had to be out of the building as fast as possible, so as not to make a public mess of myself.

I walked to my car and leaned against the first door, flinging my hands over the car and placing my forehead on it. I shut my eyelids very tight, to stop the tears that lingered in them ...