New York Forsaken

1.

The day I got laid off, I was desperately scrolling through LinkedIn.

A sponsored post caught my eye:

"Girls, what's the fastest way to make money in New York City?"

The most upvoted reply made me stop swiping:

"Look for a sugar daddy, what else could it be? My sugar daddy gives me fifteen thousand dollars a month. I remember my favorite lobster roll shop, which tracks my menstrual cycle like an alarm clock. That part... pretty exhausting, but man, he's so handsome."

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