In Her Own World
It appeared that things were resuming as they had been before. But then, one morning, when Ruth got to the diner, Walter noticed that she was jumpy and seemed off in her own world.
As always, she sat looking out the window, drinking her tea – but something was off. He got the sense that she wasn’t aware of her surroundings.
So much so that when she went home, she made a costly mistake in forgetting something.