Khloe poked her head into the bathroom and asked Alice if she would be able to fix the toilet. Alice shook her head as she waved the plunger around absently. “It still doesn’t work,” she sighed. “We will have to wait and find a plumber in the morning…”

They had known that the drainage in the old building was poor, but neither of them had realized how poor it actually was.

“What should I do now?” Khloe whined. “I’m waiting to use the toilet! I have to take a shit! Why did you ...