4 "You look like a shrimp lost in a bathtub." (2/2)
”Little Son of. I mean, I'm gonna do the same. I'll see you soon, Jess, I'll be here very quick.”
A clumsy man and a paranoid woman. That's two of them are made to get along. This is the opinion of Jessica who now alone, collapses laughing on the table. In the ladies' room, Eve looks at herself in the mirror but she doesn't laugh at all. She inhales and exhales deeply as her therapist advised her to do when she faces stressful moments, then closes her eyes to take stock.
Eve believes that letting this little incident disturb her relationship with the Benson family would be a huge mistake, certainly the biggest mistake of her career. Jessica, like her mother and father, use her services and their expenses are not insignificant. If Eve is paid by the hour, it is only a tiny part of her income. Her main source of income comes from her commissions, 5% of the customers' purchases, 7% when she helps the members of the Benson family. Eve expires one last time, convincing herself that a dirty and gouging little boy will not be enough to make her fail.
10:25am
In a private room in the Gorgio Armani store, Adam is already physically and mentally exhausted. He doesn't know if he's wrong, however, he has the unpleasant impression that this Eve doesn't like him very much. She constantly brings him clothes after clothes with a nasty smile on the corner of her lips, then leaves laughing discreetly. Adam has really had enough. He doesn't know how many suits and shirts he's already tried, but they're countless.
”Not that one, when you have it on your back, you look like a shrimp lost in a bathtub.”
Jessica, is not satisfied with this suit, nor with the previous one. Adam is too skinny, too small to wear the suit properly and she is sorry. Aware that if this continues, he will come back with nothing, she also brings in a saleswoman from the shop for a third opinion.
The person concerned, surrounded by three women who never stop talking and laughing, revisits his initial position somewhat. Now he feels that if that is the fate of the handsome guys, then maybe they are not as happy as he thought. Adam comes out of his meditation when Jessica plans his future without even asking him for his opinion.
”He absolutely needs a suit that suits her perfectly for tomorrow night, because we're going to a party organized by my best friend. I was forgetting a detail. He must also have enough clothes for two weeks. Don't look at me like that, Adam, I told you about it yesterday. Saturday I'm flying to London where I'm going to shoot some episodes for a series as a guest. You're my boyfriend, so it's imperative that you know my work, which is why a place is already planned for you on the plane.”
The party he can still accept, but this detail she had never told him about leaves Adam speechless. As if he was in class, he raises his hand thinking he has found a way out. ”What about High School?”
Jessica smiled joyfully at the question she had been waiting for. ”Don't worry, Mom already warned them. By the way, Mom wants to meet you when she has a little time, so that day no blunders.”
As slow-minded as he is, Adam doesn't understand. He knows he's insignificant, so why does Jessica pay so much attention to him. He would like to ask the question, but for fear of seeing this beautiful girl walk away from him, he keeps quiet and puts on a new jacket.