[He's got enough bad reports that he and the other woman won't be on speaking terms by tomorrow night. Not that, tomorrow night, he'll think it matters anymore. Hands clasped round the mug, he mulls over the possibilities.]
There's some hope yet. I'll have to lay off the paperwork a while.
[Which he's been doing inordinate amounts of, recently, in the vain hope she'll notice.]
☞ But there's nothing there to see, no one in sight
There's some hope yet. I'll have to lay off the paperwork a while.
[Which he's been doing inordinate amounts of, recently, in the vain hope she'll notice.]