Two Eyes Cenote Does he speak to you now?

her words are rewarded by a low grunt by ingram; boorish and begrudgingly accepting. for she was not wrong! he had come out of them with self-awareness. awareness that he, at his core, was the problem, sparing everyone the opportunity to discuss it at tea time.

ingram regards her mindfully for a moment, before the moment is stolen and replaced by dismissal; perhaps both arrogant and self-depreciating in it's nature. bah! he scoffs. it's the bachelor's life for me.

and i know, i know. third time's a charm and all that — but ingram lets himself trail off with no intention of finishing that line of thought.