Crossing Lines
Another predator dressing his urges in silk.
“Same fuck, different name,” I said. “Same hole. Same moan. Just recycled flesh.”
He laughed, low and bitter. “Maybe that part of us already died.”
I turned to the window. The city blinked up at me, all noise and neon. It pulsed like it knew.
“Fucking Tuesday,” I muttered. “Groundhog Day.”
Behind me—click.
I turned.
Elliot stood at the edge of the bed, phone in hand, angling it like he was shooting an art piece. Amber was sprawled across the sheets, limbs twisted, lipstick smeared across her jaw, tit half out, hand shaped bruises blooming like watercolors across her thighs.