Aiden The door slammed so hard behind us, the noise was more satisfying than annoying. It rattled the antique glass in the cabinet, but I didn't flinch. Lena was predictable; this was her favorite scene, her big dramatic performance. “I cannot believe you, Aiden!” she shrieked, throwing her purse, a small, overpriced thing, onto the king-size bed. “I cannot believe you’d humiliate me for that… that dirty maid!” I walked slowly across the thick carpet to my bar, grabbed a tumbler, and poured myself two fingers of whiskey. I ignored the sting of the knife wound Lena had given me earlier, leaning my weight subtly away from it. Pain was just noise. “Don’t use that tone, Lena,” I stated, my voice low and completely flat. I swirled the amber liquid, not looking at her. “And don't use that word.” “What word? Maid? That’s what she is! That disgusting little slum rat you were pawing at on the kitchen floor!” Her face was flushed crimson, her eyes wide with rage. I finally turned to
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