"Oh, you're on shift again?" A squeak-like voice emerged from behind the ‘staff only’ door a few feet away from where Becca stood, hands wrapped around a porcelain mug and a jug of warmed milk. Becca nodded and hummed absentmindedly in response, eyes glued to the drink in her hands, too focused on the small flower design she had now created in the froth. Only when it was done did she look up to be...

Becca James, fresh out of university and plagued the tedium of her part-time and minimum wage job, feels stuck— stifled by her mundane routine and slipping further away from the life she has always dreamed of. She’s lost in the monotony of her daily routine, unfocused and unfazed by the repetition of returning home with aching arms and smelling of ‘premium’ coffee beans. Becca can’t catch a break,...