It was hard to see the sadness in Cho’s smile, but what really made Finbar feel like an utter shite was when he saw that small smile of understanding. He hated having to do this, absolutely hated that Ruby was still causing this much trouble in his life, that she was still interfering even when she didn’t know that she was, and he had long ago stopped counting the times he regretted not having thought things through before marrying her. “Crazy day,” he agreed quietly, his thumb brushing over her cheekbone when she leaned into his hand. “Going to be some crazy weeks, too, and it is a problem.” It was. It really was, because Cho shouldn’t be paying the price for his mistakes.
“Like I said,” he continued, “I have to get back, don’t have a lot of time, but I will tell you everything once I know what’s going to happen and you can ask any question you want. Right now I’d just really like to wait until I can give you some answers, yeah? Because this has to do with my ex-wife, which can get messy and I don’t want you drawn into that, okay?” Unconsciously he nodded, hoping that she would see reason there, wanting nothing more than to turn his back on everything and take Cho out for that glass of wine. “This is just postponing tonight, not cancelling it,” he assured her.