Chapter 40: Horace
He knocked, tray in hand.
“Enter,” the woman said with authority.
He went in the room and found the Asian lady getting ready on the mirror.
He shut the door behind him and put the tray down next to her. It was bacon and some sort of coffee with a very distinct aroma, definitely something he’d never tasted before. “I brought your breakfast, Ava. Since you’re all about greed and everything, I’m not ashamed to ask if this is how I get tokens from you?” he said, meekly. This was his house yet she made him feel unworthy of being in her presence.
Ava pulled up her hair and ran a golden pin through them. Her exposed neck looked leathery, the kind of aged skin women get in that area but it didn’t tarnish her appearance at all. In contrast, it gave her the proper amount of g
