Checking His Past Before Our First Kiss
Checking His Past Before Our First Kiss
The glow of my phone screen cut through the midnight darkness as I stared at Jake's Tinder profile photo. His dimpled smile promised adventure, but my trembling fingers remembered last year's disaster – the charming architect who turned out to have three restraining orders. When he suggested meeting at his remote cabin tomorrow, panic slithered up my spine like ice water. That's when I remembered the red icon with the magnifying glass I'd dismissed weeks ago.

Fumbling with the app store at 2 AM, I almost spilled cold coffee on my sheets. The download progress bar felt agonizingly slow while rain lashed against my bedroom window. Typing "Jake Reynolds" and his phone number into the background search tool made my pulse throb in my ears. Public records? Criminal databases? The app claimed to scan thousands of sources, but what flooded my mind were news snippets about data brokers selling outdated court documents. When the loading wheel finally vanished, I nearly dropped my phone – there it was: a 2019 DUI conviction buried beneath his flawless LinkedIn profile. The whiskey-sour taste of betrayal coated my tongue as I stared at the pixelated mugshot. Those soulful blue eyes looked terrifyingly different in orange.
Next morning, I confronted him over oat milk lattes. His face drained to chalk-white when I mentioned the arrest date. "That app actually works?" he choked out before crumbling into confession. Turned out he'd been sober two years, but that public records scanner just saved me from being his relapse experiment. Later though, rage boiled over when I paid $26.99 monthly – highway robbery for occasionally glitchy reports! Once, searching my neighbor showed "active warrants" when he'd actually won community service awards. Still, watching Jake's retreating back through the cafe window, I traced the app icon like a talisman. This digital bloodhound smells lies that charming smiles hide.
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