Talk between men

There was a tense mood that was in the air when I walked into the meeting room.

I saw that the prime minister and the chancellor had arrived early, but they weren't the only ones.

In fact, almost everyone had arrived early.

The only one that came at the normal time was…me.

Based on the looks on their faces, it seemed like most of them had a rough night.

I could guess why they all looked like this since it was most likely related to me and the prime minister. The way that we parted the meeting last night was certainly enough to make them all worried about how things would go.

So that was why they were all looking at me when I walked into the room.

The one exception to this was the prime minister who had his head turned as if he was ignoring me.

Sitting beside him with an awkward look on his face was the chancellor who looked like he wanted to smooth things over, but he didn't know what to do.