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I was his escort, and he hadn’t wanted to fk me

Then he finally did

Then he fired me

It Made No Sense

“I’ to be upbeat James had paid her one hundred thousand dollars, cash, up front “That’s decent payment for one week’s worth of work”

“I was pretty interested in the other half, too,” she said

“Maybe you could offer hi in ”

“I thought he liked you,” she said

“I thought he did, too,” I said, and I could feel the tears about to come I bit the inside of my cheek to stop them

Elena sighed again “I’ll call him now”

“Elena—one ,” I said My storier with me than she already was

“What?” she asked

“I left all the clothes and the jewelry over there,” I said, the words tu out on top of each other “I had to leave quickly and I just… did I left Without taking thes, and jewelry A lot of it was on loan fro to kill me

I took a deep breath “And I sort of told hiry”

The silence on the other end of the line was deafening

“Dre,” she said finally Her voice was flat

“What?” I asked, bracing for it

“You’re fired”

Fired twice in one day, just when I thought things were finally turning around

I should have known better In s had never turned around foras the sun caht, and I did I hated the sun, the sky, my futon, and James Preston Not necessarily in that order

I had no idea what I was going to do now Without Elena’s assign for dates online Or parkingdown Johns Or waitressing