Devil, My Boss

Alora Jones and her friend Brianna Taylor are in Alora's room one afternoon. The faint sun rays hit the white sheets of the medium-sized chunky mattress with a brown tabby cat sleeping cozily on top of it. The room seems a little too small for all the paintings, canvases, two big desks and lots of movie and book posters pasted on the walls. Click Click Click, Double Click "Oh My God! Guess what?!" Alora screamed excitedly, grinning broadly at her friend who is sleeping lazily beside her. "What?!" Brianna snapped, "Don't tell me you won the lottery again just to get scammed by a bunch of hackers online", she added, shaking her head slowly in disappointment. "Nooo!" Alora pointed at her laptop screen in front of her. "Someone wants to buy my painting, and it's for a really good price!" "Really?! Someone actually likes one of your disturbing paintings?" Brianna jokingly mocked, raising her left eyebrow. "I mean, I know you don't like my paintings but can you atleast be happy for me? You know how much I need cash right now", Brianna pouted a little. Brianna quickly push herself up with her arms to look at the price offered by the buyer and covered her mouth with her hand in disbelief. "Are they for real?!" Brianna gasped, "Who is this person?! Are you sure they are not trying to scam you or something?" "Ouch! That hurts, you can't deny how good I am at painting", Alora replied, sounding a little offended. "You can really use this money for your tuition fees, you don't even need to work part-time anymore", Brianna continued excitedly. She doesn't want her friend to work too hard or think too much because she knows Alora is a pure, loving soul with a tender heart. She is like a child to her. They met in their first year of college when Alora had an asthma attack during college sports week and helped her find her inhaler from her bag and took her to a nearby hospital. She knew from that moment she needs someone beside her, a friend at least, because no one came to the hospital for her. "Right?!", Alora replied in the same tone, excitement plastered on their faces. "Oh wait, they just sent me an email saying they want to meet me asap", Alora gave her friend a brief hug, looking almost emotional now. "I feel like luck is finally on my side". "Is it a man or a woman?", Alora's friend is a very inquisitive woman, because one, she is a lawyer, and two, she genuinely cares for her friend. "The username says 'TomokoM' anddd gender says 'she'. Also, she seems to be one of the frequent buyers on this website", Alora replied confidently, trying to convince her skeptical friend. "Well, I hope she's a genuine buyer and not one of the scammers", Brianna asked, sounding not too convinced. "For the hundredth time, this is a legit platform for buying and selling art stuff, I have a feeling her intentions are pure" Alora replied, sounding almost defeated. "Okay fine!, so when are you meeting her?". "Tomorrow". ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●□□□□□□□□□□□●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●