ATJ-Volume 2 "Script"

I normally don't show you guys my written version. Maybe I should for now on. since a lot of details I originally wanted are not really in the images. In the future... I may add story version on the side of the image... will see

After Loren, Jasmine locks herself in her apartment. She doesn’t want the world, or at least the microcosm that counts as her world—the gym, the bar, the modeling agency—to see her like this, sunk into herself and sucking at her own shame.

She spends three days in her bed, not sleeping so much as refusing to move.

Day four, she migrates to the living room, which is only a different species of sarcophagus. At first, she moves the couch to face the window, so she can see the neighbor’s cat chew through another potted plant, but then she closes the curtains and sits in darkness, daring herself to see how long she can last without light or air.

On day five, she opens the fridge and finds a single egg, half a lime, and a fifth of gin. She stares at the carton for a full minute before slamming it closed and drinking the gin straight from the bottle, standing, elbow locked, as if she’s daring the bottle to shatter in her grip. She is not going to the corner store. She is not going anywhere. If she is a loser, she will lose right here, with the curtains drawn, and the world can choke on the silence.

At 8:13 pm, Three Sharp raps, like a cop or someone who knows they don’t need to explain themselves. “Fuck off,” she mutters, but she knows nobody hears. The loud knocks sound again, insistent. Jasmine shoves off the couch, pads barefoot to the door, Jasmine opens the door, “What!”
Blonde women in an elegant black dress with Southern accent appear at her door,” Jasmine, correct?”

“I’m not buying anything," Jasmine says.

A laugh, soft, not mocking but rich with amusement. “That’s not why I’m here.”

Jasmine waits, then: “So why are you here?”

Another pause. “You’re not the only one interested in Loren.”

the way she says the name makes Jasmine’s skin crawl.

“Jasmine, May I come in?”