I waited for half an hour outside the lobby, but didn't see his car.
My phone rang. It was Gideon.
"Are you out yet?"
I looked around and said, "I came out a long time ago. I didn't see you."
He sighed.
I could imagine him frowning and pursing his lips at this moment, which was a sign of his displeasure.
Every time he made this expression, I became very cautious, for fear of making him unhappy.
He probably thought I was angry, so he softened his tone and said, "I parked at the usual place, in front of the coffee shop."
I was silent for a moment.
"I'm not there."
He was utterly impatient. "What? I especially ended the experiment early so I could go home with you. Where were you going? Why didn't you tell me where you were going?"
He hung up the phone out of anger.
I scrolled through the chat history with him.
Before I returned to Aramore, I sent him the address and told him that I had come back just to attend this meeting.
It had only been two days. Had he forgotten? He might just not care about me at all.
I took a taxi back home.
He arrived before me.
This was rare. Usually, I went home first, prepared dinner, and waited for him to come back.
But the food often got cold before he even got there.