21
They held each other close and lost track of the time but remembered to order a pizza while they still could. They ate in silence, lost in each other's eyes.
"There is something else you need to know."
"What?"
"Leonard is working nearby as a teacher."
"You're kidding."
"He teaches at a college in New Jersey that is primarily populated by young women."
"How is that even possible? He's a convicted rapist."
"I do not know. He likely deceived them. There's more. One of his students apparently is involved with him and even lives with him."
"Sheldon, I told you not to go after him."
"I have done nothing but collect information and observe. Penny, the woman who lives with him has a little girl. A girl about three years old."
"His?"
"As far as I can tell, no."
"What are you planning to do, Sheldon?"
"I have nothing planned regarding Leonard. I do, however, intend to present a lecture at that institution on women's careers in science. I have successfully presented this lecture before."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Penny, fifteen years have passed and you have been unable to escape what Leonard did. His stalking you ten years ago tells me that he does not want either of us to forget or to be happy. Yet he has been able to construct a life. A very nice life."
"What do you want to do?"
"I merely wish him to be reminded of what he did. What he stole from you. From us."
"And…"
"And I think that young woman deserves to know what kind of person he actually is."
"And…"
"I think perhaps you should be the one to tell her."
"So you want to do to him what he did to us?"
"No. I do not intend to stalk him. I do not intend to expose him publicly. I do not intend to destroy his relationship. I do not intend to even speak with him. I just think that for her safety and her child's, that this young woman should know the kind of person she is with."
"Sheldon, you know that if he is aware you are there Leonard will come to you."
"Just because after all these years Leonard is likely to be so predictable should tell you something."
"Yeah, I guess it should."
"Will you at least consider what I am asking of you?"
"Which thing?"
"Any?"
"So, reconciling, making love, vengeance. Any, all or none of the above?"
"Essentially, yes."
"Just an easy multiple choice question."