Previously….  

That was "What Kind of Man are You?" by Ray Charles and here’s the news for the hour. The body of a woman was found washed ashore at the Santa Monica pier. No word of her identity yet. Now, in sports….

 

     Darkness; we’ll I’ve seen this song and dance before, the only difference is the the seat. I try to rub away the throbbing pain in the back of my head only to be met with cold resistance. recognition streaks behind my closed eyelids as flashes of blood, fear and distress glide by. I open my eyes slowly, noticing the orange and yellows of midday have evolved into purples and violets with halogen glows of white of an evening in the city. My eyes drift upward proving my suspicions correct as my eyes lock onto a pair of handcuffs. Despite my current situation, I can’t help but imagine the the games we could play. My eyes leave the subject of many fantasies to look for my captor. I spot her sitting adjacent to me , eyes staring intently, cigarette poised in bruised, bloody lips. A standing lamp behind her illuminates her crown in a biblical fashion, the wispy tendrils of smoke surrounding like apostles. "These cuffs won’t hold for long". My voice gruff and ambivalent, sits heavy in the air. She tilts her head in a questioning manner and I can fully see the extent of her injuries. Eyes nearly swollen closed, cheekbone slashed; nose broken into jagged cliffs. The only thing left intact is her spirit. "That’s why i have this", suddenly the the .357 magnum sitting calmly in her lap becomes very apparent to me. "Smart girl," I say with a crooked grin. It seems Helena isn’t quite in the mood for jokes. "I want answers right now. Who are you? What are you?" Me? Baby, can’t you tell? I’m a sadist through and through. I moan when you cry; I cum when you bleed. She made me that way. Wait, no. It’s time for the truth to be told; to myself and to her. "No, baby," I chuckle, "You can’t know who I am without knowing who I was." "And who was that?" "I was an art director at the CAC and my life was great, then one night, everything went to hell."

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