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"I can tell," I see him smiling. How the fuck is he so awake right now?
"Where you off to this morning?"
"Mr. Evan, if I told you, I'd have a chance for you to know where I'll be at. I mean, I might as well, as tell you since I'm pretty sure you saw my butt cheek already for free yesterday," I chuckle, and he blushes.
"If you feel like I need to pay for accidentally seeing it, then I could run to the ATM real quick and give you some money for seeing it," I laugh.
"Don't worry about it, Mr. Evans. I don't charge for after-hours," I wink at him, and he smiles.
I can't help but get the feeling that he's nervous about talking to me. Probably because of what happened last time we talked.
"You know, you never did say a day for us to have coffee sometime," He smiles at me. The elevator stops, and the doors open.
"Maybe tomorrow. I don't work until 11, and maybe we could hang out," I see Evan smile.
"I would love that," He looks down at my legs and expresses a worry look on his face.
"What?" I look at my legs, too, and see that both of my legs were covered in bruises.
"Oh, that. It's from stripping, don't worry about it. So tomorrow morning around 9 AM?" I see him look up from my legs and into my eyes and smile.
"Sounds perfect."
"Well, I better get going. See you later," I wave bye to Evan and drive to the gym.
I arrive at the gym and go inside. I pass by Paul, who is working the front desk and is the designated trainer. I went to the treadmill and leg press until I was done.
I leave the gym and drive 10 minutes to a flower shop and another 5 minutes to a small private graveyard outside the city. I arrive at 7 a.m. Just in time.
I grab some flowers and walk down a dirty gravel path to a tall, silver, and polished gravestone. I take the old flowers out and put the new ones in. I sit down in front of the headstone and take a deep breath.
"Hey, Dad, it's me again," I pause for a bit as I imagine his voice.
"It's been one hell of a day already, and yesterday was even crazier," I take a deep breath.
"For starters, yesterday, I was working, and I had a new client, which isn't new. This client was special, rich, and was trying to buy the club and all bull. He requested a dance from a brown-haired stripper, and I said no, but Charlotte talked me into it," I look at the ground, embarrassed about what I'm about to say.
"Plus, you know I need the money to take a vacation for me and Charlotte. You know I'm seeing Violet in Seattle next week so, I took the opportunity. Just when I walked into the room, he called me garbage and threatened to shoot me."
"Like the nerves of that guy, so you know I had to tell him off, but to my surprise, he wasn't mad. Instead, he said I could dance for him even though I wasn't the girl he ordered. I must have done something right because he tipped me well and requested me today, again at 8 p.m. He even sent me a reminder for me to remember. He was kind of attractive, though," I roll my eyes at the thought of that letter and finding him attractive.
"He didn't even write it personally either! All of it was written by a typer writer. Like, what frick, dude?" I made sure I didn't cuss in front of Dad.
"Anyways, later that night, you know that empty upscale apartment across the hall from us? Well, someone finally rented it out. I heard the apartment is supposed to be really fancy, big, and also pricy," I cleared my voice.
"The person that moved into it, his name is Evan. He's pretty charming. I mean, don't get me wrong, I find him attractive but, for me to find someone likable is to judge them by their actions, and you know. He's kinda nice," I look around the silent and empty graveyard.
"Well, Charlotte thinks he's hot, but you know Charlotte. Any dude that has muscles and nice hair, she finds attractive. Oh look, there's the sun," I sit quietly, listening to the wind howl as I see the bright colors of the round sun fully rising.
The sun is just in time. When I see that the sun has risen and Dad still listens to me, I know deep down, that everything is going to be okay. I take a deep breath and close my eyes. Even though I'm alone in this graveyard, it still feels like someone's watching me.
"It'll be five years next week since you've been gone, and you still give me a glorious sunrise to view every day. Thanks for listening, Dad. You always know what to say. I miss you more every day. I'll see you tomorrow, Dad. I love you," I kiss my hand and touch his headstone.
I drive to my usual coffee shop and buy two coffees. I head back to my apartment building. As soon as I park, I grab my stuff and head to the front desk floor. I walk over to Derek.
"Is Eric in?
"Uh, I-"
"Never mind, I know he's in. Can you watch these for me?" I set my stuff on the counter and walked past the front desk to the office door, cracked open.
"Mrs., you're not supposed to go-" I close the door and lock it behind me.
"Well, hello, Mrs. Stone. You look beautiful as always," I roll my eyes.
"Eric, what the fuck is this," I take out the eviction notice and slam it down on his desk.
I see him look at it and smile. He stands up, walks over to me, and reaches over me, making sure his arm brushes against my boob, and pretends to lock the door.
"Mrs. Stone, it looks like you haven't paid rent this month," I feel his hot breath on my ear.
"If you are having trouble paying it, we could deal with another payment method that could work for it instead," I see him look down at my body. What an asshole.
"Eric, you know I paid fucking rent this month. I made sure I gave the rent to you directly on time, and I have the receipt for it, too," I start to dig in my workout bag, and he stops me.
He grabs my hand and puts his fingers in between mine. His whole hand swallowed mine.
"Evangeline, don't fight it. You know you want me as badly as I want you," I fake smile.
"Well, if you want my body," I lift his chin from looking at my breasts.
"Then, I suggest you stop by my workplace today, you already know my hours. I don't do business outside of work, and my body certainly isn't free, honey, it's very expensive. When I say that I don't want to fuck you, stop trying to blackmail me into coming into your office just to see my ass," I dust myself off and look Eric straight in the eyes.
"Now, I'm going to leave, and if you try to stop me and say I didn't pay rent, then I'll call the cops and move. Then you won't be able to see my sweet ass daily," I unlock the door and left the office. I grabbed stuff from the front desk and went to the elevator to go up to my floor.
Once I reach my floor, I knock on the apartment next to mine. I see a sweet old lady open the door with a big smile.
"Hello there, Evangeline, dear."
"Hey Julie, I got you your favorite flowers," I hand her the flowers, and she smells them.
"Oh, babycakes, these are lovely, but you don't have to buy me flowers every morning," I smile at her.
"Julie, you're like a grandma to me. You treat me just like your child, and I want to make sure you feel loved as much as I love when you're taking care of me. You say I don't have to every day, but it makes me happy knowing you're getting treated the way you deserve to be treated," She smiled at me.
"Okay, Pumpkin, but I have to repay you some time."
"How about this? You make up some of your famous stew tonight, and I'll call it even," I see her smile.
"Okay, babycakes. Do you want chicken or steak?"
"Mmmmm, they both sound so good, how about you surprise me? I better get inside, you know how cranky Charlotte gets when she doesn't have her coffee," I kiss her on the cheek and head inside my apartment. When I enter the apartment, I see Charlotte lying on the couch with an ice pack on her head.
"I got you coffee," I see her lay up, run towards me, and snatch the coffee out of my hand.
"Finally, you're here. I've been waiting for 30 minutes," I see Charlotte take a gulp. I see her shoulders relax. I sit on the couch, and she sits next to me.
"Did you go see Dad again?"
"Yeah," I look at my coffee.
"How is he? I haven't seen him in a while."
"Maybe tomorrow, you can come with me to see him with the sunrise," I smile at her, and she smiles back.
"Okay, I'll come, Dad, always knew I was late to everything," We both laugh.
"How did last night go?"
"Ugh, don't even get me started on him. He's so fucking hot and hard to get, which I love. I tried to get him to drink to loosen up, but he wouldn't drink more than one glass of wine."
"You know I'm an easy drunk, so I had two glasses of wine, and I'm out. Like, all I remember is that I hinted hard that I like him, and he just moved on to another topic."
"He even fucking pulled the, What's your favorite weather subject. Are you kidding me? Mami wants in your pants, Daddy, and all you want to do is talk about the fucking weather. Literally, the only thing I got from him last night is his number," I chuckle.
"Sounds like a rough night. Well, speaking of Evan, I saw him on the elevator when I was going to the gym this morning, and he asked me out for coffee tomorrow morning. I can text him and tell him that I can't go so you can get closer to him," I saw her eyebrows furrow and her jaw clench.
"Well, it's up to you. You can do whatever you want, bestie," In other words. She means, bitch. What the fuck did you say? You better not go.
"Okay, I'll cancel it. Just give me Evan's number," I see her jaw unclench, a smile perks on her face, and she gives me his number.
"I'll tell text him, "Hey, this is Eva. I won't be able to make it to coffee tomorrow. Sorry, maybe another time? :(," and it sent hopefully, that's good enough."
We both went over to the balcony and sat in the chairs. I hear Charlotte let out a sigh. I look over to see her face looking down.
"What's wrong, sugar?" I see Charlotte looking up at me.
"Well, you know this guy is, really, attractive. I just... I don't want to mess up like last time," I smile at her.
"Don't worry, darling. You're not going to mess up. Plus, I have a good feeling about this one. He has good vibes," She then hugs me.
"You always know the best things to say," I smile, and my phone buzzes.
"Evan responded with a frowny face," I look up at Charlotte and see her smiling. At least she's happy now.
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-End Of Chapter 5-
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