Gustave clearly smelled the alcohol on Darlene. He wanted to say something, but he realized that he had neither the position nor qualification to blame or interfere with her.
"You haven't fully recovered yet. It's better to drink less wine," he said in a low voice.
Darlene's head was still a little heavy as she looked at Gustave, who suddenly appeared. Her reaction was a little slow, and she didn't reply for a while.
She quickly followed Callie, who had gotten out of the car. Callie walked over and said, "It's her friend's birthday today, and she's in a rare good mood, so she just had a few drinks. No one could stop her."
Callie thought that Darlene would also prefer that her newly divorced ex-husband think that way, that Darlene got drunk because she was happy rather than because she was sad due to the divorce.
Who would want to look pitiful when they lost face in front of their ex-husband?