*Isadora* Micah doesn’t show up at the Rogue tonight. I am barely able to do my job and attend to my customers with all the minutes I managed to become lost in watching the door, hoping for him to stride through it. After catching Sam frowning at me several times, I am fairly certain he is relieved that I have given my notice. With Micah’s charitable offer, he has no trouble finding a couple of the other serving girls willing to take my shifts. One even has a friend who has been looking for an opening to work at the Rogue, so that alleviates my guilt at leaving so suddenly. When we have shut down for the night, and everyone begins cleaning, Sam calls me over and points at some money he has set on the counter. “Your salary for the nights you were here”. After counting it, I shake my he

