Chapter 1: The Job
ROMAN
"You want me to what?" I asked Ernest.
"I want you to get close to her friend, and then, after a while, get close to her." Ernest said. I was a little weirded out by his odd favor. I'm a damn good charmer and manipulator, not the best traits, but I made lots of money from it. Which is why I'm agreeing to this odd job.
I'm usually asked to play with someone's heart and emotions, or just convince someone to have sex with me, all to get someone back. My jobs have always been short with lots of pay, nothing over two weeks. He wanted me to be here for a whole school year.
The girl who he wanted me to get close with, not the friend, but the actual girl, was 17. She was a Senior in high school.
Ernest was one of my new clients, he had only contacted two times before he wanted to meet up.
The way that Ernest talked about her, it made me uneasy. He lit up, like he was in love with her, and she knows of him, but they aren't friends. But his eyes, they were filled with lust and obsession. He seemed to know everything about her from the way that he talked about her.
"So, are you in?" Ernest asked me with hopeful eyes.
"Yeah, I'm in. I'll start tomorrow." I said before I walked off.
I wasn't much older than the girl he wanted me to get close to, Maleiah. I was 18, and I had already graduated, last year. I earn money by working at a clothing store, and my other job. My clients. This job was different, but I was a little excited.
I walked home and texted my friend with benefits. She was great, but not my type, we only used each other for sex, and strictly sex, she had a boyfriend, and I refused to get close to anyone. She was over in 10 minutes and we began, well you know what.
I woke up alone, as usual and got ready for my new job.
Maleiah and Chiara had all the same classes, and I used my connections to have a schedule the exact same as theirs, except for chorus, their 6th period.
It was 9:30, they would be in 2nd period.
My new job was starting, and I was ready for it.
