Dinner (4)

"Well?" Jorge re-echoed! His patience was running thin. This snapped Rose back from her thoughts. She flinched involuntarily from the cold tone emanating from Jorge. Even though Rose wished that the other lady in the room had not spoken, she could not dispute her words. 

Business and personal issues should never be mixed, and any shrewd businessperson knows this.

However, the stubborn Eliana looked defiant in her seat, "Is this the time to be doing this?" Rose whispered to her in her bowed position. Rose tried to pull Eliana by the hem of her dress to bring her attention to what the older woman felt was important, but to no avail.