Count My Lies

She drinks cup after cup of oversweetened, lukewarm coffee, followed by one whiskey at five, then another cup of coffee before bed, this time, decaf. Lena takes Monday mornings off, so a lot of the girls stroll in closer to ten than nine, when the shift officially starts, with the exception of the opener, who arrives at eight in case of a walk-in. She spouted crime statistics, citing surges in burglaries and home robberies throughout the city. Finally, both the driver’s-side and passenger’s-side doors swing open; Jay gets out from behind the wheel, Sloane from the other side.