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Monroe spotted the woman as soon as her heels clicked again the tiled floor. She was new. Not that he’d familiarized himself with every client who entered their doors but there was still a hint of glaze to her eyes as she took in everything unfolding around her. Indulgence could be intoxicating for those enjoying their first taste. One taste too many were exactly how addictions were born. He watched her dress caress her frame with every step. Each and every motion was graceful. She didn’t fit in here and women who didn’t fit the mold of Indulgence clients were usually here for reasons better left unsaid. He didn’t wait for the one of her fellow clients to answer her question, especially when he had a question of his own. “Depends on whether you want to remember this night in the morning or not.”
The response she was looking for, or rather the question she needed to make her mind up about, came from the man behind the counter. Her eyes landed on his, before she leaned forward and pressed her chin against her fingers. This was, indeed, the million dollar question: Did she really want to remember tomorrow morning? Yes, and no. Yes, because every cell of her body craved to memorize the look on Silas’ face when she’d ruin him. That look was going to give her back some of the peace he took from her. She couldn’t---wouldn’t---let anything take that from her. And no, because the woman within, the one who’d wished for a passionate love, and the mother who wanted to offer her little one nothing but a loving home, despised what was about to go down and what had already happened. If only she could erase every memory, every deed of betrayal, every second that she stooped down to his level, with a strong drink... She’d happily take it. After inhaling a slow, deep breath, she shifted her focus back on the bartender, who was watching her intently. “I do. But you can ask me again tomorrow for a different answer.” She just needed to confront him. After that, everything else be damned.
















