Submitted by Mark:

This was about a year and a half ago.  I took Jillian out for a first date on a walk through a nearby artsy village.  There were plenty of bridges, roads, and paths, and we did a lot of walking.  We seemed to be having a good time.

While we were out, my phone rang with a local number that I didn't recognize.  As I was out on a date, I didn't answer it, but I let it go to voicemail.  Whoever it was, I'd catch up with later.

Less than five minutes later, it rang again.

Then a third time.

Thinking at this point that it might be someone I know, calling from an unrecognized number, and that it was an emergency, I apologized to Jillian and picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

They hung up.  I called them back, and was disconnected.  Thinking that it must have been a wrong number, we went on.

Hardly had we gone six steps when Jillian's phone rang.  She answered.  "Hello?  Yes, everything's fine.  Okay, you can stop calling us now.  Bye."

She hung up.  I asked, "You can stop calling us?"

She shrugged.  "My brother.  I gave him your number just in case."

"In case of what?"

"Just to be safe.  You know, you're a new guy and he's protective."

I asked, "So he calls me non-stop and then hangs up to protect you?"

"That's just what he does."

"Okay."

My phone rang twice more with his number over the rest of the date, and I didn't pick up.  I also decided not to see her anymore.  Just a little too strange for me.

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