Chapter 5 - Ethan Made Brielle Meaner
That sentence sounds like an excuse.
It is not.
Brielle was responsible for:
Brielle.
But Ethan rewarded the worst parts of:
her.
He worked with wealthy clients.
Talked constantly about:
“tier.”
Hotels had:
tiers.
Clients had:
tiers.
Neighborhoods.
Wine.
Schools.
People.
One night during menu tasting, a junior server accidentally brought the wrong:
fork.
Ethan said:
“This is why staff stays staff.”
I stared at him.
“What does that mean?”
He smiled.
“Nothing.”
“It sounded like something.”
Brielle kicked my foot beneath:
the table.
Later:
“Don’t start.”
“Start what?”
“Interrogating Ethan.”
“He insulted a server.”
“He made a joke.”
That phrase.
Again.
Joke.
Ethan had a talent for delivering cruelty lightly enough that objecting made:
you
look humorless.
Brielle began copying:
him.
A florist was:
“just flowers.”
A seamstress was:
“the alteration lady.”
Venue cleaners were:
“the night people.”
I noticed.
Disliked it.
Still kept:
working.
May you like
That was clue one.
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