He Couldn’t Believe It
Walter couldn’t believe that he had let things go this far. He couldn’t believe that his oldest friend got hurt because he wanted some time off.
But the thing that put the nail in the coffin was how James reacted to the situation. He knew that bill had been settled, and he still used it against Ruth.
Then he went as far as to say that he needed customers to pay if he wanted to increase the turnover.