01.03.17 - 8.22 pm
Theo: Times sure have changed a lot around here
9.17 pm
Rose: What do you mean by that?
10.35 pm
Theo: My boss fired me today
10.43 pm
Rose: Why would he do that?
Rose: Okay, scratch that
Rose: I know why he would do that
10.44 pm
Rose: But you definitely don't deserve it
10.51 pm
Theo: No, I don't. But there's nothing that I can do to change it
Theo: I have to accept it
10.56 pm
Rose: And maybe that's the only way you can move on
10.58 pm
Theo: I guess
11.00 pm
Rose: Did he explain why he fired you?
11.01 pm
Theo: He said that his fiancé didn't like the fact that her ex-husband was working so closely with her new fiancé
11.03 pm
Rose: That's a terrible excuse
Theo: But it is a little weird, right?
11.06 pm
Rose: Right
Rose: So, what's your next move?
11.07 pm
Theo: I have no idea
11.09 pm
Rose: You said you wanted to have a go at starting your own company
11.11 pm
Theo: Yeah, I did. But I don't have the funds for that yet. I was saving up
Theo: But now I don't have a job
11.17 pm
Rose: You'll snatch up another job in no time
11.19 pm
Theo: But what if I don't
11.20 pm
Rose: You will
Theo: How do you know that?
Rose: I just do
11.22 pm
Theo: You believe in me that much, why?
11.23 pm
Rose: Because it's better to be hopeful and carry on fighting than just letting it consume you; than letting it destroy you
11.25 pm
Theo: Rose?
11.26 pm
Rose: Yes?
Theo: Are you okay?
Rose: Yes, are you?
11.27 pm
Theo: No, but I have a feeling I will be
Theo: You're not going to say good?
11.31 pm
Rose: No
Theo: Good
11.37 pm
Theo: Not even then?
11.55 pm
Rose: Go to sleep, Theo
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His Stranger [COMPLETE]
NouvellesA story in which he spends his nights talking to a stranger. #47 in Short Story - 25.07.17 Cover by @guyswithguitars Copyright © 2017 @_illuminating All Rights Reserved