THE TASTE OF SIN (Short stories)
"My underwear is a mess. My skin feels like it’s burning. I need him to know."
Through the gloom, I saw Emerson snap his head toward the lattice. His eyes glinted in the darkness, fixed on mine.
"Child, you are confessing sins of lust in the house of God," he said, his voice laced with a dark warning, "but the way you are looking at me tells me you seek not absolution, but damnation."
"I seek what you can give me, Emerson," I replied, breaking protocol, calling him by his name.
I raised my hand and, with a boldness that made my heart race, slid two fingers through the holes of the wooden lattice. I sought his space. Immediately, my fingertips grazed the back of his hand, which rested clenche