LOCATION: apartment on fifth ave.
STATUS: closed for @pcllx !
isolde has no idea how she’s managed to get herself into this situation. actually—scratch that, she knows exactly how it happened, just doesn’t want to admit that she had been dumb enough to fall for it. she leans against the wall at the edge of the kitchen, watching the blond man—eric, or something—rifling around his cupboards in search of pasta, even though she had told him that she wasn’t hungry.
he had seemed nice enough when he’d stopped her on the street, sounding nothing but sincere when he mentioned that his niece was a big fan of hers and it was her birthday next week and if it wasn’t too much trouble, could she please sign the gift ? she had taken one look at him—in his nice dress shirt and neatly pressed pants—and figured he seemed decent enough, agreeing to follow him back to his place to sign the gift for his niece.
isolde’s never been the paragon of good decisions.
‘ hey, can i use your bathroom real quick ? ’ she calls out; he’s too distracted to notice that her gaze is wandering around his apartment, searching for an escape route. ‘ yeah, sure, ’ he replies, voice almost drowned out by the sound of the pot being filled with water, ‘ it’s just down the hall, first door to your left. ’ she thanks him half-heartedly before hurrying to the bathroom, locking the door behind her and pulling her phone out.
she navigates to her list of recent contacts, hitting the name right at the top without really looking, assuming that it’s probably kai—god knows the number of times he’s had to bail her out of similar situations over the years. the phone rings a little longer than usual, but isolde doesn’t really have the time to really ponder that when the call connects and esme’s voice filters through. the confusion lasts only for a split-second before desperation engulfs it. ‘ i need you to call me in like a minute with a fake emergency, ’ the plea falls from her lips in a rush, ‘ i’ll explain later. ’