City lights pulse through Patrick’s apartment windows. Hidden lounge vibe. Deep in the night. Alcohol buzzes in my veins. Dinner’s haze lingers. Bernard and Patrick flank me. I’m Maya. Wife. Mother. Lawyer by day. But tonight? Mask cracks. Cognac burns…
Dark bedroom shadows cloak our suburban lair. Twenty years married. Forty. Routine kills the fire. Tonight, fight erupts. He probes. Divorce threat hangs. Silence. I watch TV. Later, slip in naked. Back straight. Heart races. Hand grazes breast. Nipple hardens.…
Sun bleeds red over the rocky promontory. Tiny cemetery defies the abyss below. Fifteen graves. Flowers defy death. Black veils swallow Alice and me. Kneeling at fresh mound. ‘Eugene’s’ tomb. Gravel crunches. Footsteps invade. I turn. Stranger stares. Ten meters…