Sugar Daddy

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Mom's calling.

Fuck. Okay. Ah!

You know she wants you to sing.

How long are you in town for?

As little as possible.

Do you got any gigs coming up?

No.

Hey, do you- do you think he'll show up?

Who?

Dad?

No.

Darren...

Hey, thanks for coming.

I... I wish you could stay longer.

I could send you some money to cover your flight, honey.

It's fine, and you don't have any, so...

What you doing with those?

Taking them with me.

You know, you can always ask your father for money.

Bye, Mom.

Arm...

When your sister comes to visit you for reading week,

don't let her get too drunk partying, okay?

She still has to study.

Is that what you think I do all the time?

Honey, I have no idea what you do.

Oh, fuck.

Hey!

Holy shit!

- - You made it.

Barely.

Do you have an extra pair of heels?

No. Sorry, dude.

Fuck!

Do you think he'll notice?

Here.

- Cheers. - Cheers.

What do you think? What if I do this?

Will he notice then?

- "Sorry, Chef Dan. - Oh.

Oh, don't look at my feet, Chef Dan."

"Oh, look that way, Chef Dan."

[indistinct chattering in distance]

Would you like...?

I'm still here.

I think back in the beginning of my career...

Oh, no thanks, honey.

Um, and, you know, getting started back with...

Do they not like the food?

People think they look more rich when they turn down free food.

And, uh, so you think...

Wow.

Isn't that what's her face?

Mmm. Oh, yeah. Damn.

She hasn't worked in a while.

Chef used to love her.

Fuck. The cake.

...has been drinking in the bar and he's had way too many.

You know, the thing with Richard is that

he has travelled all around the world,

he knows his scotch, he knows his whiskey.

Give him a wine list...

he doesn't know red from white.

You know, just whatever's in the bottle.

Whatever.

She's good with wine.

So, I order the wine.

Excuse me. I'll be right back.

Okay.

Oh...

Where was I?

Oh, yes.

So, we were talking about this one case...

So, um...

Can I get you a drink?

Oh, no, thanks. I'm good.

I think we, uh, catered a few weddings together

last summer.

Oh, yeah.

Hey, how are you?

Good, yeah.

Are you not catering anymore?

No. God, no.

Just perpetual student.

Law student? Is that why you're at this...

Oh, no, no, no.

I'm, uh, just here with a friend.

That guy?

Is your, uh...

Oh, no, no. We're not together.

It's just for tonight.

It's... it's like a paid dating thing

for rich older men.

It's still pretty much a stand there

and look pretty job, but it pays a lot better

and it's a lot less work.

Anyway, it's putting me through grad school, so...

- It's nice to see you. - Yeah, you, too. Bye.

Abort, abort, abort, abort...

Where's the cake?

Abort, abort, abort.

- - Right here.

Darren...

That's it.

Uh, hi.

I'm wondering if you guys are hiring right now.

Okay, thanks.

Bye.

Are you hiring?

No. Sorry, mam.

Sound good, though.

Guess what?

The bike co-op's doing an exchange with the butcher,

so we got meat in the freezer.

You all right?

Um... I got fired.

- From babysitting? - Catering.

Listen, Pete, I'm going to be short 200

for rent this month.

Shit.

I just... I can't keep...

You know?

You'll find another job.

It's not that.

I moved here so I could work on my music and...

What happened?

- Your music is like... - Like what?

Nothing you've ever heard before?

Yeah, nothing no one's ever heard before.

I can't even call myself a musician.

- I'm a... -

...university drop-out slash ex-caterer,

server, babysitter.

I spend, like, every hour of my day

just trying to pay rent

and I seem to suck at that too, so...

I mean, you can start an online business, or...

find a rich patron of the arts.

Aren't there arts grants for, like...

Yeah, right.

I'm gonna get an arts grant?

- Yeah! -

You have, like, a fancy scholarship for you PhD.

If we got hitched, would I get some?

- Um... -

No.

Bummer.

[indistinct laughing and cheering in distance]

I like the first one you said, with the brocade.

The brocade is fantastic, it's from the 1940's.

And then, come, this one from the '50s.

Oh, did... has she seen that?

Do you like this?

Oh, the red's nice, too.

Oh, did she see this?

- What do you think? - Hmm?

Oh, yeah. They're nice.

- That's nice. - These are very nice.

They're nice.

That is nice.

Of course, it's nice...

I can see that you're more interested

in another dress.

Perhaps the blue dress?

How about we give that one a try?

Uh, no. I'm good.

Are you sure you wouldn't want to try it on?