Chapter 4: Hire (1)
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“How’s it going man? I heard you’d had a rough day yesterday.” One of Nash’s co-workers, Sofia spoke in an energetic voice as she put a hand over the man’s shoulder. “You ended up staying over at a clients house, huh? I wonder if you only cleaned while you were there~”
“Sofi… if I tell you, will you keep it a secret from Boss?” Nash asked in a quiet sounding voice, almost like a whisper as for the others not to hear him. But none of the other cleaners had any interest in listening in to their conversation.
“Huh? While of course, Boss has nothing on me, why would I tell him anything. Come on, come on! Spill the beans!” Sofia said as she smiled eagerly at the man. They’d been working together like this for a few years but this was probably the first time she’d seen the man so in a daze.
“Well… I did end up sleeping with a client…” Nash said as he looked downwards as if thinking the woman was going to scold him for doing so but instead all he heard was her excited voice.
“Really? That’s like so cool… straight out of a porno or something! Wait… wait… maybe it’s like a romance novel type thing you know? Like you went there and she asked you to clean something difficult and then grabbed your ass and-” Sofia was interrupted mid sentence.
“It was a man though… but other than that you’re right about the ass grabbing… He kind of mistook me for the… um… lady of the night he ordered.” Nash explained, still feeling a bit embarrassed.
“Oh… Oh! That’s also really cool… Eh…” Sofia sighed as she leaned back in her chair. “I wish I could have a nice encounter like that… I mean he was hot right? I don’t think you’d sleep with him if he wasn’t…”
“He was smocking hot! He was so hot I could burn myself by touching him, do you get that?” Nash said with a more lighthearted tone. “He looked rich too-” He paused.
“What’s the matter?” Sofia asked as she watched her co-worker hold his head down.
“I forgot to take the money for cleaning… f**k…” Nash muttered under his breath.
“Oh… that really is a bummer… I mean you could go back and ask him?” Sofia suggested to the man.
“Hm… if I do… would he mind? I did just leave his house…” Nash wondered out loud as he leaned forward. “I guess I have no choice… I’ll go ask the Boss for the guy’s number or something…” He said as he rummaged through his cleaning bag to find his phone when suddenly he pulled out an envelope with the words ‘Cleaning Fee’ written on it.
“Hey… could the guy have just slipped the money in your bag then?” Sofia asked as she tilted her head to the side. “That’s even cooler! He’s hot and he isn’t cheap… aww~ Nashy! You really are getting ahead in life!” She said as she ruffled though the man’s hair.
“I guess so… but… wow… I didn’t expect this at all…” Nash stared at the envelope with money for a while longer as if not sure what to do with it at first. Then he headed to the office and gave it to his employer.
“Oh? This is from your job yesterday? Let me see…” The man began counting the money and writing down the amount, multiplying the hours the cleaner had been there times their rate. “Hm… it seems like your client has left you quite a hefty tip, about 300$ Must have been a rich guy.”
“What, really? I can keep it?” Nash looked surprised as his employer gave him back the three hundred dollars.
“Of course! It’s your money, you worked for it.” The employer said as he wrote down the rest of the amounts. “Sign off here.” He said as he pushed the sheet of paper to his employee. After that was over with Nash headed back to his usual spot where he waits to be called for a job.
“How did it go with the big Boss? Did he say something?” Sofia asked with an interested voice.
“Nothing much… Turns out the guy left me a big tip…” Nash said as he looked at the money again. “Hm… I can’t really remember what his name was… though I’m sure he told me his name…”
“Don’t think about it too much… You’re probably not going to see the same client again so over thinking won’t do you much good.” Sofia said as she headed out to her new assuagement. She’d been called in with some of her co-workers for a bigger project.
“Yeah…” Nash had to agree with the woman’s words. ‘There’s no reason to feel so guilty for not remembering his name… he probably forgot mine already anyways…’ He thought to himself. ‘It’s good! I had s*x for the first time in the last few months… maybe even half a year… and I got 300$ to top it all off! Day can’t get any better!’ He had a huge smile on his face as he put the money in his wallet. “I don’t need to see him again… I bet he’s also embarrassed about what happened… haha…” He couldn’t helot but laugh at the silliness of the situation.
Chance meetings like those were by no means common, and even less common for someone like Nash who on the best of days was a rather boring and plane person, both in his work and in his day to day lifestyle. So an exciting event like that was sure to become a great memory for him… if it was just a memory that is… Because unknown to him just two weeks later he’d be called on another job…