Matthias sat outside the restaurant across the street from his London clinic, watching patients and doctors roll in and out of the facility. He’d just started an hour lunch break and was waiting to be seated, but it was taking longer than expected as a party of one. Someone approached an asked again if he was eating alone an when he turned to look his blue eyes and soft smile expected to see a hostess, but that wasn’t the case. Instead, he offered a playful, “Yeah, unless you care to join me.”

















