In Which There Are Many Ifs

John also saw that the young man was wearing a blue-lined suit. John was taken aback by the manner in which the young man presented himself. The disgust that John felt for what he was seeing was evident in the grimace that he wore on his face.

"John, I wanted to let you know that I tried to reach out to you. The woman continued by stating, "I called you, I emailed you, I did everything that I could, and the only thing that I received in return was a letter saying that you're done with me."

"My sincere condolences go out to you, Miranda. And it's unfortunate that you had to go through such a trying path. John hurled out the words "I truly sympathize with you" while looking at her with blatant mockings in his eyes. 

John concentrated the most of his attention on the rings that were being worn on the ring fingers of both of them while he was carrying out the action that he was carrying out. This occurred while John was doing the activity that he was carrying out.