I sipped on , what may as well have been , my fourth glass of red wine whilst trying my utmost best to keep my gaze averted from the man settled in the seat across from me . His broad shoulders made it feel like he was towering over my small frame even thought he was seated just as I was . Now , you must be wondering why I invited him to sit with me in the first place since it is the very same thing that was exactly what I sought to avoid in the first place . Well , the answer would simply be because I did not invite to take drag a chair from a nearby table and join me . . or should I say , watch me , as I ate and , now , sipped on this delightful glass of red . He tried to make conversation which entailed enquiring what I was doing in this particularly side of the city to which my reply