While taking a walk along the river together, a man tells his girlfriend that he has a friend that follows him wherever he goes. He says that this friend tells him when to spend and when to save—and not just when money is involved. His girlfriend asks if this friend is in his head, and the man vaguely replies that he is not. The girlfriend then asks if the friend is with them now, and when the man replies affirmatively, she asks what the friend thinks about the man giving her a kiss. She kisses him without waiting for an answer and begins to walk home. The man secretly follows her out of concern for her safety.  Two weeks later, the man and his girlfriend see each other at a pub called Portsoaken’s. The woman greets him and asks if his friend is here, too, and the man says that the friend is somewhere else in the pub. She asks why he followed her home that night two weeks ago and if it was his friend’s idea. She says perhaps she should push the friend in the river, which upsets the man. The girlfriend becomes upset at how much the man likes his friend and slips away.  A month later, the man returns to Portsoaken’s to look for his girlfriend. A woman in a red dress approaches him and says that the man’s girlfriend told her to tell him that she won’t be around anymore because she met someone else. Shocked, the man asks where his girlfriend is now. The other woman says she can’t tell him but he may be able to find her at the drugstore on the corner.  The man rushes to the drugstore, and his girlfriend greets him with “Hello, honey,” which makes the man say that she can’t call him that anymore. The man asks if the woman at the pub lied to him, and his girlfriend says she doesn’t know what the other woman said. She instructs him not to follow her home this time, but he grabs her arm and asks how she possibly could have found someone else so quickly. She says that they live in the same house now, which makes the man slap her across the face. The girlfriend shouts that her other lover is right behind him, but the man turns around to see no one there. The girlfriend laughs, calling the man a fool and saying that she fell for his friend. She says that his friend should have told him to keep his hands to himself but then asks for a kiss. The man agrees, and they return to Portsoaken’s together.