Monday, September 25th, 5:00pm
Candice (and Phil)
Phil: (approaches Candice, who is sitting at the window) Mind if I sit here?
Candice: Go right ahead.
Phil: I’m sorry, I’m not very good at bus etiquette. I don’t take the bus.
Candice: Oh.
Phil: My car broke down.
Candice: That’s too bad.
Phil: I work in an office downtown, and I usually drive.
Candice: I see.
Phil: My car has been in the shop for a week now.
Candice: You must really miss it.
Phil: I do. They think it’s something to do with the alternator, but I think it’s a computer problem.
Candice: (nods) Ahh.
Phil: I work on computers all day so I know a thing or two about computers.
Candice: I see.
Phil: So what do you do for a living?
Candice: I’m a dominatrix.
Phil stares, mouth hanging open.
Candice: I work in a dungeon where I tie up men and occasionally women, and I torture them for money.
Phil, frozen, continues to stare.
Candice: I take it you’ve never tried it?
Phil takes out his cell phone and dials a number. Candice watches him.
Phil: (into the phone) Yeah, Discount Car Rental? Do you have any cars available? … Now. … Where? (holds the phone away from his ear and speaks to Candice, enunciating as though talking to a deaf person) What’s. The. Next. Stop?
Next stop: Tuesday, September 26th, 1:00pm
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