Perhaps Leanne's encouragement would have lifted his spirits -

"Huh??? The heck are you going on about??? You're the reason my plan went to shit."

- if he weren't, well, who he is.

"Everything was all ready for me to put pressure on the foreman. Scouting the area, setting up targets, sabotaging the equipment, planting the evidence, all building up for the foreman to call me into his office. Alone. The last thing I needed was a witness. Which was you in this case."