Luke shook his head. The receptionist asked his concierge if he mentioned anything about a settling-in period prior to signing his contract. “Nope.” the concierge confidently replied.
“Well I’m glad we’ve cleared that up.“ the smug receptionist said. “There isn’t a settling-in period, and you’re already almost an hour late on your first day, so you really need to hurry,” she said.
He glared inside the bag at the familiar shapes of the compact foundation, lipstick, and the tiny bottle of nail varnish. Familiar because his mother and sisters were always touching up their make-up. “I don’t know what to do with any of this stuff.” he gulped.
“It’s just foundation and lipstick… it should be fairly straightforward, even for a boy!” he’s bluntly told, before being informed that ‘natural’ eye make-up is optional and that he’d have to provide his own.