A woman named Zora went on a blind date to a restaurant. The man was rugged looking and constantly scratched his stubbly cheek.

After they finished their meals, the strange man asked Zora to use her phone because his phone was dead. He dialed a three digit number and said the words “You outside?”, waited for a response and ended the call. 

He told Zora to wait outside while he paid the bill. Although it was a strange request, she wanted to see where this was going.

After watching the busy streets and listening to blaring horns for thirty seconds, the man ran out of the restaurant with the manager on his tail. 

“Run!” he said in between pants. So she ran. “Did we just dine and dash?!” Zora said, on the man’s tail. “Just keep up!” He shouted. Bolting through cabs in traffic, past golden windows of retail stores, Zora and the man reached an alley with a yellow cab parked and rumbling, waiting for passengers. The man said “let's hop in”. 

Feeling uneasy, Zora hesitated before sitting on the stiff grey seat of the cab.

The last thing she saw was the glow of New York City before everything went black. The car pulled out of the alley and merged with the sea of yellow cabs, Zora never to be seen again.