While Adrian had been training to take over the position from his father, as the head of the organization, he was often reminded by his father that there would be circumstances where he would be thrown off his game.
The first order of action in that scenario would be to retreat and rethink. It would be to get his head back in the game.
That was why he was sitting behind his desk, rethinking everything.
Every time he would rethink the relationship he wanted with Joyce, that was where his mind went into a completely different direction. It went into denial. So, naturally, he changed the course of his thoughts.
Everytime he would think about her, he would remember the yellow bruises and for how long she had been wearing those turtle necks. He had missed seeing her neck which only made him realize how deep the buses would have actually been initially because they had taken so long to heal.
