Crunch Time (2014)
“Problem was, one bottle became two and then, despite his best intentions, Henry drank too much and embarrassed himself, although on reflection he might have been more inclined to use the word ‘humiliated’ rather than embarrassed.
It was just fortunate that the debrief was done over the first bottle, before the alcohol had any chance to skew his recollections.
‘So how d’you think it went?’ Andrea Makin asked, eyeing Henry across the rim of her wine glass.
‘You can only go so far with it,’ he ans...wered, ‘otherwise suspicions get aroused.’ He looked into her eyes, thinking – inappropriately, as usual – that suspicions might not be the only thing to get aroused tonight.
‘Yeah, I know. It’s a delicate path to tread.’ ‘Having said that, I think he pretty much took the bait … we’ll just have to wait and see, I guess.’ ‘You think he was interested, then?’ ‘He wanted my phone number … let’s just hope he doesn’t want a date.’ Henry forked a tender chunk of chicken into his mouth and chewed it pleasurably.MoreLess
It was just fortunate that the debrief was done over the first bottle, before the alcohol had any chance to skew his recollections.
‘So how d’you think it went?’ Andrea Makin asked, eyeing Henry across the rim of her wine glass.
‘You can only go so far with it,’ he ans...wered, ‘otherwise suspicions get aroused.’ He looked into her eyes, thinking – inappropriately, as usual – that suspicions might not be the only thing to get aroused tonight.
‘Yeah, I know. It’s a delicate path to tread.’ ‘Having said that, I think he pretty much took the bait … we’ll just have to wait and see, I guess.’ ‘You think he was interested, then?’ ‘He wanted my phone number … let’s just hope he doesn’t want a date.’ Henry forked a tender chunk of chicken into his mouth and chewed it pleasurably.MoreLess
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