After graduating from a local university and joining a major life insurance company, even in an era where you can join with just a smartphone, the path from proposing an insurance product to signing a contract is not easy. Exactly two years ago... When I was struggling because I couldn't meet my contract quota, I got to know a certain financial company's administrative and personnel director who is more than 20 years older than me at a client site. We ended up in a deep relationship. I don't know what kind of efforts he made back then, but he saved me from my desperate situation. As a thank you, I invited him out to eat. A woman my age, his daughter, feels alienated from her mother and is isolated within the family. He seems like a good father, but he confides in me about such weaknesses. As I listen, I feel sympathy, almost maternal… before I know it, I'm comforting him on the bed. Since then, we do this once a month, regularly. I don't want to give up my flashy life in glamorous Tokyo. As a father, I find his pathetic appearance endearing... But maybe I'm just exploiting his loneliness and sadness for my own selfish desires, playing the role of a mistress...
