At this time, she has been living in the art circle and enjoying being a model. After busy day work every day, she always likes to go to cafes. Painters, painters’ wives and mistresses sit together and listen to them talk about art, attack painters and talk about obscene stories. On this occasion, she always knows how to wait for an opportunity to make plans. She took a fancy to a single young painter and felt that he was talented. She specially picked the opportunity to be alone and took the initiative to chat up. After skipping the scene to explain the current situation, she discussed the two of them living together.
I’m twenty years old and I’m good at home. You can save people from cleaning and modeling. Look at your shirt. You really can’t look at the studio. You really need a woman to take care of you.
The young man found the discussion interesting because of her pleasing temperament. Susan saw that he was willing to accept it
Try it instead. She said that if it doesn’t work out, at best, no one will lose by returning to the status quo.
Because he is an abstract painter, Susan’s portraits are full of squares and rectangles, sometimes when she lacks eyes and mouth, but when she weaves a few patterns in black, brown and gray, but when she almost recognizes faces, Susan left him voluntarily after living together for a year and a half.
What? I asked her, don’t you miss him?
Yes, he is a good boy, but I don’t think he is making progress.
Later, she found a new one, which was almost effortless, and the other was still a painter.
I’m still interested in painting, she said. I went with a sculptor for six months, but I didn’t feel it for some reason.
To her relief, every time she breaks up, nothing unpleasant happens. She is both a model and an excellent housewife. She loves to work in the studio where she temporarily lives, and she is proud of it. She cooks a good dish, even if it is limited, it can become delicious. When men’s socks are broken, she will mend their shirts and sew them when the buttons fall off.
Who says painters have to be sloppy in appearance?
She experienced a failure when the other person was a young Englishman, who paid more for her car than anyone she knew.
But it didn’t take long for us to break up. She said that he often got drunk and bored me to death, saying that he had excellent painting skills. Forget it, but honey, he was uglier than when I broke up with him, and he cried and said that he loved me so much that I could tell him not to pretend to be pitiful. Whether you love me or not is crucial. The point is that you have no talent to go back to your hometown and the grocery store is more suitable for you.
What reaction did he listen to? I asked
He flew into a rage and told me to get out, but all I said was advice. I hope he can adopt others. It’s not bad, it’s just a bad painting.
For a prostitute, it is usually easier to know the way of the world and be personal, but just like other occupations, this job will fluctuate. Susan once met a Scandinavian who fell in love with him carelessly.
She said to me, dear, he’s as perfect as a god. He’s as tall as the Eiffel Tower. He has broad shoulders, thick chest and waist. His abdomen is almost as flat as my palm. His muscles are as strong as those of a professional athlete. He has blond curly hair, delicate skin and honey. He’s also good at painting. He’s bold and chic. His brushwork is rich and bright.
Susan decided to help him have a baby. Although he didn’t approve, Susan was willing to raise it alone.
After the baby was born, he was very cute, with pink skin and smooth hair, leaving his father with blue eyes and a daughter.
Susan: He lived together for three years.
He’s funny when he’s silly, but he’s very sweet and handsome, and I don’t care.
Later, a letter from Sweden said that his father was critically ill and asked him to return home immediately. He promised to go back to Paris, but Susan always felt that he would not come back. After he left the money, she didn’t stop. A month later, Susan received a letter saying that her father had passed away and left many chores to stay. She also felt that she had to accompany her mother to engage in the timber business. A ticket of 10,000 francs was attached to the letter. Susan never bowed to adversity, and soon made up her mind that her child would be in the way, so she took her daughter and the 10,000 francs to the countryside to raise her mother.
I’m really sorry. I really love that kid, but people still have to face reality.
And then I asked
Oh, I still have to go. I found another friend
But then she got typhoid fever. Every time she talked about it, she kept her mouth shut. It sounded like a millionaire was talking about my palm beach villa or my grouse hunting ground. She was so sick that she almost lost her life. After being hospitalized for three months, she was so skinny that she was so anxious that she cried all day. At that time, she was helpless and had no strength to be a model again. There were few possessions left.
Oh, she said that it was really a bitter time. I still had some friends, but the painters were almost the same. It was not easy for them to make a living. I said that I was not beautiful, but it was not my second year. Later, I met the three-dimensional painter who lived with me. After we broke up, he got married and divorced, and gave up the three-dimensional school to adopt a surreal painting style. He said that he was lonely and felt that he needed my company and was willing to give me room and board. I readily agreed.
Susan stayed with him until she met a factory owner, who was brought by a friend to buy a painting. Susan, a former three-dimensional painter, was eager to finalize the business and made a decision on the spot by courting the guest boss, but said that she wanted to see it again two weeks later. He suddenly showed up again. This time, Susan always felt that he had come to see her specially instead of looking at the painting. He still didn’t buy it when he left, but holding Susan’s hand seemed too intimate. The next day, Susan was stopped by a friend who had arranged to buy food at the market, saying that the boss supported her and asked her if she would like to have dinner with her
What do you think he sees in me? Susan asked
He has a hobby for contemporary painting. After seeing your portrait, he is fascinated. He is a foreign businessman. In his eyes, you represent the artistic romance of Paris, which he lacks in Lille.
Does he have money? Susan threw away the realistic question.
That’s a lot
Well, I’d like to have dinner with him and listen to what he wants to say.
The boss took Susan to Maxim Hotel and immediately won her favor. On that day, Susan was dressed in a low-key and quiet way. Look at the ladies around her. She found herself quite like a married lady. He ordered a bottle of champagne, so she was sure that this man was a gentleman. When drinking coffee after dinner, Susan felt extremely favorable. He said that he would come to the board of directors in Paris every two weeks and always eat alone. Whenever he longed for the company of women, he could go to brothels for comfort. He was a married man and it was really inappropriate to have two children. He had learned from his mutual friend that Sue. She thinks she is a woman who knows the limits. She is nearly middle-aged and doesn’t want to play with girls and hook him up. She is somewhat a modern painting collector, and Susan’s connections in this field are quite consistent. Then he talks about his plan to rent an apartment for Susan to decorate furniture, plus 2,000 francs a month in exchange for Susan having to spend one night with him every two weeks. Susan has never spent so much money in her life. She can continue to raise her daughter with this money, and she can save some money in advance, but she still hesitates. After all, she has always said that she is suitable for the painter circle. If she becomes a businessman mistress,
Take it or leave it, he said in French.
Susan didn’t dislike him. The rose medal in his button hole must have made her smile and replied, I accept it.
eight
Susan has been living in Montmartre, but she thinks it is necessary to break up in the past, so she rented an apartment in the building next to Montpanas Avenue. Although it is located on the sixth floor, the staircase can accommodate two people to move as slowly as a snail, but for Susan, the staircase bathroom is both luxurious and fashionable.
In their first few months together, Mr. Yakhil Gefan, the boss’s name, stayed in the hotel every two weeks, went back to the hotel to sleep after Susan’s residence was warm, and then took the train to go back to the business the next day to enjoy the real family happiness. Later, Susan pointed out that the money was really spent wrongly, and Mr. Shugefan certainly felt very considerate and happy that Susan could be so considerate. Honestly, it was really a bit of a toss to stop renting a car in the cold winter night. It was gratifying that Susan didn’t want to see him wasting money for herself. This woman not only saved money, but also saved money for Valentine