“What do you mean that your last trip to Paris was funded by your boss?” Amber screamed out in annoyance. The man sitting opposite her looked around embarrassed. He turned to face her and calmly explained himself. “You are screaming Amber.” He adjusted his eyeglasses and whispered, “What I mean is, I can't spend my life savings on lavish trips like that, I mean, I have to be prudent.” “Prudent!” Amber scoffed loudly. The man adjusted uncomfortably on his seat, “Prudent of course, aren’t you a lawyer? You should know better about how things work.” Another miserable miser spotted! Amber thought dejectedly! She had always known how things worked, of course. It had made her choose Vince, then Bernard, but now, she didn’t need a poor excuse of a good man to be with anyone. She rather wanted one that could spoil her silly, with gifts and luxury. Arguing with the loser seemed pointless. This was her sixth blind date in two months. It was starting to feel annoying when she ended up g

Amber’s eyes scanned her reflection in the mirror. She still found the turquoise bikini weird looking but she wasn’t willing to change it. It was newly launched the previous week and she would only assume other girls would stare. She picked up her transparent floral scarf and tied it vertically along her waistline down her hip. “This should do, Amber Reed.” She said to her reflection in the mirror as she applied a lip gloss and smiled softly. The moment she opened the restroom door, two other ladies who had been waiting outside eyed her maliciously. She had merely excused herself to change into her bikini, now she had literally spent the whole day there preventing others from entry. Amber walked past them happily, she was humming a favorite tune to herself. She was right, the ladies' attitudes showed that they were envious of her limited edition bikini. She adjusted her stride of movement as she walked into the afternoon sun. The fluffiness of the beach soil graced her feet.