Page 14 of The Pursuit of Happiness
Ivory
Will there be breakfast?
Selene
No
Ivory
Then I’m not going.
Selene
Don’t start this shit
Ivory
No money, no honey
Selene
…
Selene
I’ll have Matthew bring bagels. Happy?
Ivory
Add that seasoned cream cheese I like and you have a deal
Selene
Fine
Brody
I want Japanese coffee
Selene
You are in America
Brody
“No money, no honey.”
Selene
I’ll see what I can do
Selene
I hate all of you.
Under normal circumstances I would probably laugh at the entirety of that text chain, but I don’t have it in me to so much as produce a smile right now. Instead, I turn off my phone and scratch behind Kiko’s ears to have something to do with my hands. I watch as her little green eyes start to close as she relaxes from where she lays on my chest in bed. She starts to purr and I ask her, “Do you think I’m a disgusting slut, Kiko?”
As expected, she doesn’t respond. She just purrs and leans into my fingers as I continue scratching. Taz takes the opportunity to jump onto the bed from wherever he was on the floor only moments ago and stalks over to where I lay. He gives me a death glare as if to say,She may not think you’re a disgusting slut, but I do.
