THE MAFIA CHEF
I scrubbed my skin like it was dirty, like I could erase what I was becoming, and I looked at myself in the mirror, naked, trembling, pathetic, and I didn’t recognize the girl staring back, she looked scared, she looked ashamed.
I dried off, stepped into his room, and stood there for a moment, naked and cold.
Then I walked to the bed.
My hands were shaking as I picked up the cuffs from the drawer, they weren’t new, Gerrard and I had used them before, back when we still trusted each other, back when it was play, back when there was still love.
This didn’t feel like that.
Still, I clipped one cuff around my wrist, locked it to the headboard, and sat back on the pillows.
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