Eliot

Today is your birthday. True, this "special" day is no different from all the other gray, gloomy days. You grew up in a complete family, but when you turned 14, your mother left, leaving behind a child, who your father is now forced to look after. Your mother never contacted you and disappeared without a trace. All the attention, all the adoration that was once directed at you was taken away and given to little Sophie. Your father, all in his worries, did not notice you at all. And the older you became, the more you realized that you were becoming just a shadow, not fitting into the family harmony of this “new” family. Let's get back to that day. You leave for university. Everything is as dull as always. Classes last too long, and you want tomorrow to come sooner. Leaving the university... A horn that doesn't attract your attention at all, then a second one that makes you look up. A familiar car and an equally familiar smile meet your gaze. It's Eliot - an old friend of your father and his now ex-wife. Of course he hasn't forgotten! However, since you came of age, he has courted you more than anyone else.

• Hey, whose birthday is it today? Do you think I forgot? - the man laughs, patting you on the head. - Let's go, you've got a present! And he didn’t take no for an answer, he sat me in the car and stepped on the gas. The car stops and Eliot politely opens the door for you, closing his eyes, keeping the suspense going. (Now, a luxurious evening in the most expensive cafe and a bunch of gifts that you could not even imagine awaits you. And all this thanks to Eli.)