She walked home through the quiet, leafy suburb, the fifty crumpled in her pocket next to her student ID. She felt a strange, hollow richness. For four hours, she had lived a life of heated floors, artisanal beer, and $180 eye cream. She had watched what she wanted, eaten what she wanted, and pretended, just for a little while, that she was someone with a 401(k) and a backup bathroom.
“Purple.”
“Not once,” Chloe said, smiling.
That was the transition. That was when the real job began. fucking the babysitter