Chapter 10

“Nah, even with women to chat up, I need more cash. This won’t come near making me what I need.”

“Maybe you could offer them a little extra service…for a fee?” Charlie suggested, tossing the money back on the bed with a lascivious laugh.

“Oh yeah, right,” Ted said, also laughing. “That’s just what I could do. Offer to fuck them in the cloakroom.”

* * * *

Two weeks passed. Ted was struggling to keep up with his work schedule as well as classes. He’d been late for work at the restaurant several times. This night he came on the floor a half hour late.

The ma?tre d’ met him with an icy stare. “Late again, are we?” he said with that superior edge to his voice that Ted had come to hate.

“Yeah, I’m really sorry but I was in the library studying and…”