Under the Lights of Desire

to escape this damn misery. I owed five months of rent and had nothing to eat. I was fired from my job because I refused to sleep with my boss. No matte

when my neighbor, Tiff

sa. Or is it just my imaginatio

owe several months of rent, I'm about to be kicked out, I have no

they need a dancer. Then you could get promoted and become the manager of

tried working as a dancer or a prostitute

st let me know and I'll

brother got lost in the desert. That was the movie that my mind had on repeat. I wanted to work, earn enough money, and be able to get him back, but apparently, life

ng else, so I had to stay here. Now the problem was that I had no job, so I couldn't pay for it either. I opened the door with some magic on the old h

rniture, no table. There weren't even light bulbs. I lived shrouded in darkness. I was fine wit

. I walked with all the patience in the world. The person knocking was impatient.

aid, pretending

my apartment. You owe several months

just let me stay tonight. I pro

four in the afternoon, you're

to believe, I liked being clean. But I hardly had any clothes, so I made magic with what little I had. I tried to sleep, but the anxi

Tiffany's door. Just as she

ffa

me,

acc

ept

" I said, not very convinced,

woman, but she looked worn out. She wore sequined dresses and high heels. In my opinion, she wore too much makeup. We all knew what