[action / after auction / closed]
[It's been an exceedingly hectic evening, and he's positive that it's left Shirley as edgy as him, and that she has questions, and he should reassure her. But the stars have soothed him in a way, perfected the evening he'd had planned, and it's helped to settle him after the earlier near-upset that he had almost been a part of.
[Things would definitely go as he'd meant. It seemed like everything was coming together -- including the completely unexpected.
[So he was waiting for her at the club, having changed from his more formal clothes at the auction to something more relaxed -- still stylish and classy, of course -- and is setting up a game of pool idly.]