"I tried to tell you that when you invited yourself to sit down," he said as Ernie walked passed. Watching him leave, Zacharias felt relieved. Almost like he had won something here, but it was a small victory if it was one at all. His life was 'fucking terrible' and he didn't whinge about it. While Zacharias had been planning to leave a moment ago, he decided to sit back down and wait a few minutes. The last thing he needed now was to stumble into Ernie again when he was just free of him.
He could even take the few extra moments to go over the plan for the rest of the day. There was still time before he met with the realtor, he definitely owed Roger something for last night, and beyond that he could just go where his whims took him.