Jacob was himself sulking after being humiliated.

But there was no helping it when Mr. Larcelle had already left, giving him no chance to salvage his dignity.

He hence had no choice but to take the loss and head into the airport with Charlie and Claire.

Elaine was sulking too, muttering, "Shit, I never had to suffer such an insult before! Not even back in the day, when we all just opened our windows and yelled at our neighbors… But that prick had to rub it in! It's killing me!"

Claire knew h