Twist
“It was an old one, with a bowl-shaped frosted glass cover. It was also switched off. The light in the room was from the bedside lamp and the smaller lamps on Eva’s dresser.
She knew who Brad was, what he was, and through her terror she wished she could ask him a thousand questions.
She could ask none. She could barely make a sound through the thick tape plastered over her mouth.
She listened to herself breathing hard and rhythmically, fearfully, through her nose. Oddly enough, her terror was at a distance. That was because she simply couldn’t believe this was happening to her. She had picked up a serial killer in a bar, liked him, had been looking forward to good sex with him. Then, no doubt because he’d put something in her drink, she’d passed out.
And here she was.
Good God! Here she was!
Her body became rigid and momentarily levitated slightly off the mattress as she was assailed by a wave of panic. Her heart battled to escape her chest.
Then a curious calm came over her. Like some...thing small caught in the jaws of a tiger, she accepted her fate and wanted her ordeal to be over.MoreLess
She knew who Brad was, what he was, and through her terror she wished she could ask him a thousand questions.
She could ask none. She could barely make a sound through the thick tape plastered over her mouth.
She listened to herself breathing hard and rhythmically, fearfully, through her nose. Oddly enough, her terror was at a distance. That was because she simply couldn’t believe this was happening to her. She had picked up a serial killer in a bar, liked him, had been looking forward to good sex with him. Then, no doubt because he’d put something in her drink, she’d passed out.
And here she was.
Good God! Here she was!
Her body became rigid and momentarily levitated slightly off the mattress as she was assailed by a wave of panic. Her heart battled to escape her chest.
Then a curious calm came over her. Like some...thing small caught in the jaws of a tiger, she accepted her fate and wanted her ordeal to be over.MoreLess
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