WHEN JEALOUSY BURNS

Lyrical almost banged her door close, for which she earned a scolding from her uncle. "Sorry!" she squeaked. "The door slipped."

"Take care next time, my dear child." Uncle Simon softly murmured.

Lyrical was frustrated, and it showed in her actions.

  "Fuck me, Joey!" she resumed the call.

"What? No.. I can't, darling. You know I'm - I am happy with Archie."  If Joey was joking, then it did not display in his voice. Not that Lyrical cared about it anyway.

"Shut up, Joey. I did not mean it literally." Lyrical gritted her teeth. "What I mean is, the entire day, I couldn't even get a glimpse of Madam Melody, even though we work in the same office." she huffed. "I'm her assistant, for fuck sake, and yet I couldn't see her."

"And your point is?" Joey deadpanned.