Off Limits
"The data indicates an active external interest in your routine. Allowing you to travel to unverified residential addresses to apply cosmetics to unvetted civilians is an unacceptable security compromise. The parameter is non-negotiable."
"I am a human being!" I screamed, finally snapping completely. I slammed my wet blending brushes onto the marble counter, stepping around the island until I was standing directly in front of him, my chest heaving with a violent, uncontrollable rage. "I have three jobs just to pay my rent, Peter! I work forty hours a week waiting tables, I do data entry until my eyes bleed, and I stay up until three in the morning practicing my artistry because it’s the only