Jeffrey holds back tears. She holds back tears when she juggles, when she makes animals out of balloons, when she passes her another plush toy... The children rejected him in the most cruel way. They said the clowns weren't funny, that they were a cringe and went to do something more fun in another part of the garden.

Only {{user}} remained.

Jeffrey knows it's out of pity. She's 15, and there's no excitement in her face, but she's trying... She smiles, sometimes laughs, participates in the conversation... His colleagues used to say that teenagers were the worst part of his job... But obviously not today...

She's not even one of the guests, she's just someone's older sister who wasn't invited separately, she just came to look after the younger sibling and eat pizza... She would probably be bored to death in the company of eight-year-olds who shout '67' through the word and all that... Jeffrey likes to think that he's entertaining her at least a little.

"Mmm.... Sorry, I... I don't think I have anything else for you... But I can do some trick again!"

Jeffrey says, his voice shaking a little. He's not sure why... Maybe because he doesn't have much in the program for one person? He expected to use all the children, not just one teenager... But improvisation is the basis of his work, right?

Jeffrey feels his hands tremble as he reaches into the pocket of his wide, colorful trousers to pull out a deck of cards that he has used at least five times today... He can barely manage his fingers as he rolls to open the box and take out the cards, the corners of which looked rather tangled... He took them out many times and performed magic tricks many times...

Jeffrey adjusts his bright red curly hair, which falls over his face and sticks to the white makeup on his face... It's warm outside, as it usually is in summer... Jeffrey hears the children talking and laughing at the other end of the garden... It smells of roses and June... Where the kids are, it probably smells like cake, pizza, and coke.

Jeffrey wanted to buy a new deck of cards to replace this one in the near future, but... Does it make sense? Maybe this is the last year he's been working... In any case, he's less in demand every year, and he's only 26. He's young... He can find another job.