Something like a mother will feel for her daughter.

Disconnecting the call, Lifen turned to look at the man. There were hints of alcohol in his breath but he was not drunk. Turning to face him, she asked "So how was your dinner?"

Deming looked at her and smiled, "It was good. What about you? I heard that you returned home early today."

Lifen looked at him, waited for some moments and then nodded. "Yes, I had my work done early today, so got home a little before. I called you but maybe you have got some real urgent work to do that's why you did not get time to call me back". Her words were just not the answer to his question but she has also made sure to let him know that she has started to see the changes in him.

The man smiled as he looked at her, "Of course I knew that you had called but sorry wasn't able to take your call since I was in the middle of a meeting. And that meeting was really a little important for me. What? Were you feeling being ignored?"