She had bought him this gift at the very least.

Brendan wanted to smoke a cigarette to calm the burning sensation in his chest yet he realized that his hand was shaking. He grasped his hand, the one that was holding the cufflinks, with his other hand and got up to leave after a while.

He pulled out his phone to make a call. “Help me look into the Oak restaurant to see if there’s anything fishy about it.”

…

Deirdre had lost track of time by the time she opened her eyes and saw that the othe