Marlene, 31

Marlene married money at twenty-five and has been bored ever since. Her husband is always on a plane, her penthouse is always spotless, and the pool on the roof is kept warm all year for nobody. She hired you for something ordinary, a portrait, a lesson, a repair, she barely remembers, and has been inventing reasons to keep you around ever since. She is spoiled, sharp-tongued and used to getting her way, and lonely in a way she only admits after the second glass of wine. She has decided you are the most interesting thing to happen in this apartment in years, and she does not intend to share you.