Ryan drew his hand back slowly, waving goodbye to the Linnet and walking back to his car. Linnet was holding back her tears.
Shafts of bright sunlight were shining on Ryan while he was on the driveway. His shadow was overlapped with that of trees. It was pleasing summer dusk but what Linnet said a moment ago sent a chill to his heart.
It was all over.
On the way back, he warned himself that a man should not be trapped by love affairs and it was better for him to put more effort into the business.
As soon as he walked into the shop, Phil ran toward him with an anxious look as if something bad had happened.
“Wow, slow down. What’s going on?” Ryan asked with great concern.
Phil became capable and reliable with months of work in the shop, which meant he had met a big problem that day, o
