Antoine's Folly

"I gave up on the restaurants," Antoine said simply, while doing the dishes in their home in the hood.

"Oh?" Elizabeth said, exhausted, fucked half to death. "I thought you were going to stick it out."

"It was a losing proposition," he said. "I should have called it a day a long time ago on them. I opened up a little bar, not too far from Sugar's. You should stop by sometime, say hi." Elizabeth nodded dully, and the two went to separate rooms for a moment of solace.