56. Thinking

Deasy: Luc, it seems you don't need to come over. I have some last-minute business to attend to and must go. Let's meet later in the evening or after work.

Lucas had just finished all the work that had piled up on his desk. He grabbed his suit and car keys, preparing to leave, when Deasy suddenly sent him a text message.

As Lucas checked and read it carefully, it turned out that the lunch invitation from his girlfriend, which she had insisted on earlier, had to be postponed because Deasy had some unexpected business to attend to.

"Why, Sir? Why are you just standing there like that?" Felix, who was still faithfully in Lucas's office, asked. Felix was currently organizing some documents for Lucas to take to the meeting.

"Well," Lucas replied, "Deasy is being really indecisive. Earlier, she insisted that I hurry over to the restaurant. Now, as I'm ready to go there, she sends a message saying we won't be having lunch."

"She canceled?" Felix responded in surprise.

"Yes," nodded Lucas. "S