A few minutes later, Jane was seated on the comfortable couch, no doubt a choice of Tom’s girlfriend C.J. Jane approved. Tom brought in two cups of coffee as Jane continued to sob. Knowing his sister, Tom decided that he should start trying to get information out of her instead of letting her cry herself out. “Jane, talk to me.” Tom took her hands. “What happened?” “Oh, Tommy.” Jane sniffed. “I’ve ruined everything. I can’t believe what a mess my life is.” “Is it your job? Is everything going all right? The project with Jason’s company okay?” Jane shook her head as she sobbed. “It’s not that. We made a successful presentation this morning to the Japanese Toy Distribution Channel. They were very impressed.” She wailed, “They loved us.” Tom reached into his pockets for a handkerchief, tissue, something. Seeing the dusting tissue he’d been using on his lenses, he grabbed it and handed it to Jane. “Well, that’s .
