“About the clothing, Mr. Drummond, I’m grateful you brought me something to wear home. However, I am going to have to ask you to take the cost out of my salary. Of course, I will accept the job under whatever terms you choose.”
There, I have done it, committed myself to a lifetime of watching what I want but can never have. My damn eyes are beginning to tear up again. If I shut them tightly, maybe they won’t leak.