"Contents of a dead man's Pockets"

"It was not actually true that he had to work tonight, though he very much wanted to. this was his project..." He wanted to go to the movie with his wife, but instead he wanted to use that time to abandon her, so he could do his own project that he wanted to finish so bad. "..Then as the air moving stilled completely, the curtains swinging back from the wall to hang free again, he saw the yellow sheet drop to the window ledge and slide over out of sight."
He was not prepared to lose something he worked on so hard and through the will to finish it he lost it and is risked his chances for the proposal.