My Global Hustle

Synopsis for “I Can Smoke?” 

Inclement weather has stranded Ethan’s wife in the far away city that she has traveled to for work. This has created the perfect window of opportunity for Ethan to go on Craigslist, and find a prostitute to help him pass the evening. Ethan finds a listing that moves him, and promptly makes the arrangements for the escort to travel to his apartment. When Carmen arrives, she is everything that Ethan could have hoped for. They make pleasantries, and begin to make progress towards the task at hand when Ethan’s landline begins to ring. On the other end is his wife who delivers the news that her sister, who was also traveling for work, is stranded in New York by the weather, and is currently making her way to their apartment to spend the night. This development puts a little wrench in Ethan’s plan, and he has to quickly clean up and make Carmen disappear.  The one problem here is that Carmen has decided that she doesn’t want to leave. The tension escalates drastically as Ethan considers all of the viable ways to get Carmen to change her mind.