She's still looking at him like he's something special, which he is, but not in a good way. Apparently, she likes him drunk. If I turned up drunk, would she suddenly find me attractive?

How do I compete with a guy like him? He oozes charm and eloquence. All I have is sincerity. She never stops talking about him, "Mr Steele says ..." "Mr Steele thinks ..." Not often, he doesn't.

She acts like a schoolgirl over him. One of these days, I'm just going to say, "Laura, I love you." And she'll probably just talk right over the top of me and, when she does, guess who she'll be talking about!

She knows what he is. Why doesn't it matter?