Charging My Wife by the Hour
After I remarry my wife, Vivian Crowell, I decide to rent her out to other men.
When her male best friend, Elliot Everhart, summons her away from me, I no longer kick up a fuss about it. Instead, I charge Vivian by the hour.
The rent is 10 thousand dollars per hour during the day, whereas it'll be 20 thousand dollars per hour at night. If it's a holiday, all prices will be tripled.
After running my new business for three months, I now have an additional 20 million dollars in my account.
Although Vivian has promised to pick out my suit for the banquet with me, Elliot calls her and complains about how he's nicked his finger with a knife when he was cutting vegetables.
I don't even bother raising my head as I hand my bank account number over to Vivian.
One midnight, I suddenly suffer from a fever.
When Vivian is driving me to the hospital, Elliot calls her and claims that he can't sleep due to discomfort caused by his intoxication. I merely pull out my umbrella fluently and tell Vivian to drop me off at the junction ahead.
Upon noticing her hesitation, I just smile at her. "Don't forget to transfer the payment to me."
On the day our son, Victor Carrington, is going for his regular follow-up appointment, Elliot calls Vivian once again.
"Eleanor wants to go to the amusement park. It'll only be fun when we have a woman to accompany us there."
After Vivian ends the call, she turns around and is about to crouch down to explain everything to Victor when she sees him mimicking my actions by sticking out his hand at her.
"It's fine, Mommy. You can just pay us. But today's rate is the triple kind."