"Cough!"

The man on the other end of the phone seemed taken aback by my playful, sweet voice. Clearing his throat twice, he asked, "What do you need help with?"

"There must be female models at the Sapphire Lounge as well as male models, right? Are you familiar with any of them?" Once I confirmed it was Ernest on the line, I felt free to speak my mind. It's funny, really. I'd been trying so hard to figure out if he was Ernest, and just when I couldn't be sure, a simple mention of meatloaf gave me my answer.

"What are you planning?" the man, still pretending, queried.

I wondered if him cooking fish for me was a deliberate signal to let me know he was indeed Ernest.

Even if he wanted me to know his true identity, since he's played the stranger for so long, I figured I'd play along, "I just want to experience life, see what it's like to be a female model." "What?" Phipps's tone was laced with surprise.

"I want to try being a model, help me get into it," I continued to tease him.

"That's not possible," Phipps flatly refused.

I feigned confusion, "Why not? Am I not pretty enough, or is my figure not up to standard?"

for you," Phipps's tone was serious, unmistakably

there, aren't you?"

on the other end, and after a few seconds, he finally spoke, "I disagree with you going, and I won't refer

settled it, this

being Ernest, I'd treat

way," I said, about to hang

to do, and I'll help you," he still knew

I teased further, "I just

I huffed, "Why is it that men can just

at the Sapphire Lounge do? Do you realize it's easy to get in but hard to

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me; it was Allen who was misleading. The role of male and female models at the Sapphire Lounge

the Sapphire Lounge, I couldn't help asking,

aren't you speaking? Is it because you haven't or because you've

answer relieved me

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