Further Thoughts

What shocked me about this episode was..I had thought xxx and I were on the same side.
That's why I innocently sent him the laconic message


I'm thinking

of giving up on the library.


I didn't realize that he WASN'T on my side. He was working for himself and, indirectly, for the library--to ingratiate himself with the library.

He was "furious"--a word he used--because I blew up his plans.

That's a weakness of manipulative people. They tend to underestimate other people.