Lust Front

"PINT OF PASSION"

I wave goodbye to Juliet and dry off my hair swiftly with a towel. Meanwhile I take my phone out and start walking on the sidewalk, checking my messages.

The most important one - from Emilia.

Since she's online right now I call her instead of replying immediately. And she picks up right away.

"CONNER! Finally... you're done."

"What'd you do today?"

"I did your work and my work altogether today. And... I also wanna talk to you today."

"About what?"

"You'll see... Can we meet at a bar?"

"Yeah, of course. Send me the location and I'll walk there."

Emilia sends me a link to an address and I start walking right away.

Once I get there, I sit and wait outside on the bench. I feel someone tap me on the shoulder and it's Emilia - and she's actually made up for this instead of looking like a bedhead.

"Hi."

"Hey."

Without saying much we walk into the bar and sit down in a small cubicle. the waiter comes over and it's... Ian, the guy from the seaside restaurant.

"Hey Ian."

"What are you doing here?"

"What? I should ask you why you're working two jobs."

"Nngh... Order already!"

"Okay, I'll order. Get us beers, but get some burgers too."

"Mhm."

He walks off and Emilia doesn't sit across from me. Instead, she comes around the table and scooches beside me.

"What are you doing?"

"I wanted to tell you something... really important. I was talking about it with Maxine earlier and I'm super... behind on rent."

"What?! How come you can't pay?"

"Both of us haven't done a good job. We're both doing stupid roles in the office and we're not getting paid much at all. Haven't you noticed?"

"Huh?"

"We're not even employees. We're just labourers. We're all working for this company as some stupid fucking servants..."

"Hey. Hey, relax. We're gonna drink up and have a lot of fun okay?"

"What am I gonna do? I'm gonna starve without any money to pay for rent, I don't have any money for quality of life and I feel like I'm gonna LOSE IT!"

"No, no no no no. Have your drink. Have as much as you want, you'll feel better after chugging a pint of passion."