Her eyebrows were a shade darker than her hair. They were thick and almost horizontal, emphasizing the depth of her eyes. She was rather handsome than beautiful. Her face was captivating by reason of a certain frankness of expression and a contradictory subtle play of features. Her manner was engaging.

It had been a rough day. Things hadn’t gone as planned and that meant Hannah got yelled at by her boss. It didn’t even matter that it wasn’t her fault. When things went wrong at work, Hannah got the blame no matter the actual circumstances. It wasn’t fair, but there was little she could do without risking her job, and she wasn’t in a position to do that with the plans she had.

He had disappointed himself more than anyone else. That wasn’t to say that he hadn’t disappointed others. The fact was that he had disappointed a lot of people who were close to him. The fact that they were disappointed in him was something that made him even more disappointed in himself. Yet here he was, about to do the exact same things that had caused all the disappointment in the first place because he didn’t know what else to do.