Eyeliner? Sigh, check.

Mascara? Sigh, check.

Lip balm, stick and gloss? Check, check, check.

Her hair wasn't right, but Ryan had said he'd be gone all morning on a sales call so, really, what was the point?

She glumly gathered her up her things to leave.

OMG!!! Brilliant idea!! If Ryan wasn't going to be at work, why didn't she go visit him before work?!! He'd love it! Maybe she could even bring him breakfast and they could eat it together and talk about EVERYTHING the way they always did. Ryan was the BEST conversationalist. That's why she loved him.