Chapter 29 What have you lost?

Elsie smiled inwardly and felt relieved that she hadn’t mentioned it first. She thought to herself,

I was thinking of how to bring it up him. He has really saved me from thinking this through.

It’s also good that you called, you wouldn’t be bothered about if I am okay with it or not. You can go ahead and choose another day.

This was a fast agreement for Oswald, as he wasn’t expecting her to agree so soon. He stared at her and deduced that, she might have other things to do that day. He stared at her and wondered what she had to do that was so important that she didn’t think about the contract that she had tried do hard to get. He sighed and didn’t feel good about it but there was nothing he could do.

He got up and said to her,

Since we can’t make it that day, let’s meet the day afterwards. I’m sorry for asking you here on a short notice and for something meagre.

Elsie smiled and shook her head. She got up and left without a word. Oswald watched her leave as he thought about the reason