Sugarbabies Page #7

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for so long,

it's hard to know

what's true anymore.

Or if it even

matters.

You're the first

person I've told.

I'm glad you did.

I should have dumped

Leo months ago.

For a sugar daddy who wasn't

overleveraged out of his ass.

I had offers.

Loads of offers!

Maybe there's another way.

What about modeling?

You are so

good at that.

You know how much a print

ad pays up here? Nothing.

The real modeling work

is in New York.

All that time

I wasted with Leo.

I should have moved

so long ago!

There was this guy who

contacted me,

what was his name?

Martin? Michael?

He was for real, he was

one of the Forbes 400.

Tessa...

Tessa... maybe it's

time for a break.

The lifestyle, the money,

it's like an addiction.

You took the money

just like I did.

You're right, but if

I keep doing it,

I'm afraid I'll start

believing that's all there is.

I know not every

relationship is about love.

I guess I just want to believe

there's a possibility.

Don't you?

Love is invented

for poor people.

I'm dropping my

membership to the site.

I just came to

tell you that.

[Soft instrumental music]

Saul?

Saul??

(Yelling)

Saul!

[Painting shatters]

[Glass shatters]

[Message ping]

[Message ping]

[Dialing]

Tessa! Saul died!

What?

He's dead Tessa!

What happened?

I don't know how it happened,

we'd just started doing it.

Where are you?

In a room at the Bayside.

Okay, you need to calm down.

Do you hear me?

How am I supposed

to be calm?

Aren't you supposed

call the paramedics

when someone is dead,

or the police?

No, you call no one.

Do you understand me?

You want to make a

name for yourself

in this business,

don't you?

You don't want to be

known as the girl

that some famous rich

guy collapsed on.

What about his family?

He has a son.

He has grandkids, Tessa!

I should call them.

And say what?

"Hi, I was doing your

dad in a hotel room

when he keeled

over and died?"

Listen to me, Rochelle.

You did nothing wrong.

Of all the

ways to go,

this would be the top

of any guy's list.

You're not his wife,

you're not his mistress,

you're not even

his girlfriend.

You had an arrangement.

That's it.

That's all it was.

I know.

Walk away.

Just walk away.

[Dialing]

9-1-1, what is

your emergency?

Is someone there?

Hi, yes.

My...

my friend just died.

What's your

location, please?

Remember finals

are next week.

I'll have office hours

on Thursday.

Professor, I wanted

to let you know

that I won't be able to go

to Florence this summer.

It's just too much

of a financial stretch.

Well I understand. I'll contact

the program administrator

and let her know.

You should follow up

in a few days

and see if you can

get a full refund.

I'll do that.

I appreciate everything

you've done for me.

I'm gonna work really

hard this summer,

save up, see if maybe

I can re-apply next year.

I'm happy to go to

bat for you again.

Thank you so much.

[Soft instrumental music]

[Mailbox creaks open]

[Mailbox door closes]

[Guitar rock music]

Hey Sean!

Hey Katie!

Someone in your frat

blanketed my dorm in flyers.

Yeah, they tend

to do that.

So, where's the keg?

Here, let me show you.

I could use a

refill myself.

Okay.

That's so weird.

Sean told me Katie is totally

into that Sugar Baby stuff.

What?

Oh, hey.

What, you don't

have the guts

to say something

directly to my face?

What the hell?

You're telling people?

Jackass.

Katie! Katie wait!

Do you know anything

about that?

What?

About people calling

me a Sugar Baby?

My account at the bookstore

is confidential, you-

It's not like that,

okay? Listen!

What?

Look, I don't know...

okay.

I saw you at Sky House

the other night,

I mentioned it

to Cory,

there's rumors

flying around about

what college girls

are doing there.

You should have had the

balls to just ask me!

I didn't know

anything! Okay?

Yes, there was

a guy okay?

Someone I fell for!

But it doesn't happen

like you think.

It just isn't

that way...

You don't owe me

an explanation.

Wow! I guess you're life

doesn't get complicated.

That must be nice.

Why don't you admit

you're as judgemental

as the rest of them?

I came after you,

didn't I?

Yeah and I bet now,

you wish you hadn't.

But you know what,

that's my fault.

I probably should've waited

till you were drunk.

Because you do better

with girls then, right?

t took

my statement.

Said they might have more

questions for me later,

but for now, yeah.

Did you ever talk to

any of his family?

They wanted nothing

to do with me.

You called it.

You didn't listen

to me.

and that,

I didn't call.

I couldn't just

walk away, Tessa.

I miss him.

I understand,

Rochelle.

You found somebody you

really cared about.

Yeah last night,

Bruce took me-

Wait, what

happened to Ken?

That's what

I'd like to know.

Anyway, I went

out with Bruce

and we're at this

really nice restaurant

but all I could think was,

this would be great

if I could be here with

someone I really loved.

Well, there are lots of men

with lots of money girls,

who will whisk you away.

Three cocktails and

a shiatsu massage,

and you'll forget about

all your troubles.

I'm going back to being

a starving student.

And Tessa, you should

focus on your modeling.

We don't need them.

[Glasses clink]

[Knock at the door]

Katie?

Dad, what are

you doing here?

I, uh... I took

the day off.

You didn't have

to do with that.

I told mom I was

renting a U-Haul

to get all

my stuff home.

I'm not here

to help you move.

You drove six hours

to tell me that?

You really could

have called.

All right,

okay look.

I will help

you move.

Okay...?

But not until

you graduate.

Wait a second, you want me

to graduate Montlake?

You never wanted

me to come

to this college

in the first place.

You were right,

I was wrong.

Okay? I'm sorry.

I can't stay here, dad.

People, they know.

Oh so you're just gonna

run away because of it?

You're going to drop out

before you even finish

taking your finals?

I've made a mess

of everything.

I don't know why I thought

it was a good idea

to transfer to Montlake

in the first place.

Well from what I've

been told by you,

is that this school

has the best

art history department

in the country.

But I guess you can always

switch to accounting

at Worthington Community and

take over my bookkeeping.

Unless you want to start

crawling under

people's houses to

fix a sewer line?

I think you're

forgetting I've been

in a crawl space

on a hot day.

Wasn't that my job

one summer?

That's right it was.

I'd like to think that's

what turned you away

from plumbing and

towards art history.

(Katie)

Dad was right, as usual.

I decided to come back to

school after winter break.

And I was glad I did.

Yes, the whispers and stares

continued for awhile...

but it was worth it.

Not just for my studies...

but to reconnect

with old friends.

Hey, Katie!

Hi!

How was your break?

Pretty good.

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