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hot tears of self-pity began to spill from her eyes. Now she was feeling more humiliated than she’d ever felt in her whole life. How was she ever going to recover from this morning of utter disaster?

Ellie was trying desperately to compose herself, and Connor was looking at her in horror.
    â€œOh no, please don’t cry.”
    â€œI’m not crying,” she said, furiously rubbing the tears from her cheeks. “I only cry about important things like war and…and animals that have been injured.”
    â€œOh. Sorry. Well if it’s any help I cried at the film I, Robot. ”
    She wondered if he was laughing at her, but it appeared not.
    â€œAnyway,” she said, sounding more forceful than she meant to. “I ought to go.” She got up and he did too, looking anxious.
    â€œBut what about the interview? What are you going to say to cover your back?”
    Ellie swigged her drink and the sugar rush made her feel stronger. “I’ll think of something, I expect.” She picked up the empty nut dish and put it on the tray. He took the crisp bowl and offered it to her. She looked at the few crumbs left and gave him a slight smile. “You might as well eat them, I suppose. Otherwise they’ll only get thrown away.”
    But Connor was concentrating on Ellie’s problem. “Why not tell them that you haven’t got enough for an article yet?”
    She looked at him curiously. “Why wouldn’t I have enough? And anyway, how would that help?”
    He scratched his head. “Well, maybe I…Joe got called away and you couldn’t finish the interview, so you are going to have to give it another shot.”
    â€œYe-es. Maybe. I suppose. But then what?”
    Connor put the crisps down and pulled out his phone. “Give me your number. I’ll try to get Joe to meet you. Honestly. I will.” He hesitated. “If I possibly can.”
    â€œBut what if he still refuses? What then?” Ellie was having trouble thinking straight.
    Connor jiggled his phone from hand to hand. “Then you tell me your questions and I’ll get the answers for you. How about that?”
    He looked so desperate to put things right that Ellie believed him, and she had to admit that the idea was rather neat too. “Oka-ay.” It couldn’t do any harm to give him her number. And maybe he might even come up with the goods for her. He seemed keen enough.
    Ellie told Connor her number and he keyed it into his phone. “Here, have mine too,” he offered. She tapped in the number and then there didn’t seem anything more to say.
    â€œWell,” he said after an awkward pause. He gave her a smile, and she felt herself responding. After all, it was nice of him to try and help her out, even if he had partly caused the problem in the first place.
    â€œI’ll see you out. Are you catching a cab?”
    â€œFrancesca told me to ask reception to get one for me when I’d finished.”
    â€œOkay. So let’s do that.”
    Together they hurried to the reception desk. The man who had been on duty had gone, and his place had been taken by a woman with long blonde hair. She smiled at Connor and Ellie. “Can I help?”
    Ellie explained, and the woman nodded. “If you take a seat I’ll call for one now. It should only be a few minutes.”
    â€œThanks,” said Ellie.
    Ellie and Connor were both quiet while they waited for the taxi. There didn’t seem to be any more to say. But Ellie found herself taking sideways glances at her companion. She had been angry that her interview was wrecked, but she couldn’t help liking Connor, in spite of that.
    After a few minutes, the receptionist told them the taxi had arrived. They both got up, and Connor walked Ellie to the door. The doorman held open the door of the taxi, which made her feel pretty special, but before she could get in, Connor spoke.
    â€œThanks for the eats and