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The protagonist was at a café when he saw a woman he had never met before. He was nervous but she sat next to him and they had a nice conversation. However, someone told him that she was the girlfriend of the café owner, Smokey Joe, who got angry and kicked him out. The protagonist decided he would rather not go back to that café and instead go eat beans elsewhere.