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She ordered more and reached into my pocket to pay for it.
I didn’t care.
The only thing that mattered was wiping the past ten days from my memory. Memories that’d seemed so magical, so important at the time, were now a splinter I wanted to remove from my mind.
There were companies that could carry out the procedure but they were known to accidentally cause brain damage too.
Still, it might be worth it.
At least then thinking about her wouldn’t be so painful.
I picked up the next shot and threw it back. Until then, alcohol would have to do the job.
I don’t know when I passed the point of no return.
My memory cut out like a holographic movie missing its final act. Fragments floated like flotsam on a powerful river.
I danced more. There were many shots and bottles of alcohol. They turned skyward and I half-choked beneath the deluge.
And a fight. There was a fight out in the street.
Was I involved?
Yes.
Someone shoved me and I fell to the ground. A figure stood over me, angry and belligerent.
I welcomed it.
The sooner he knocked me out, the sooner I would be free from my torment.
Then Ettana was there, shoving the other fighter back. She shouted at the aggressor and helped me to my feet.
Then we were in my apartment.
The door opened wide and dozens of unknown people flooded inside.
Ettana helped me into the master bedroom and shut the door behind us. She removed her jacket and hung it on the back of a chair. She ran her hands through her hair and let the multicolored strands hang loose about her shoulders.
She climbed on top of me, straddling me with those long legs of hers. She bent down and kissed me on the lips.
The entire time, all I could think of was Vicky.
I jolted awake sometime later.
How much time?
I don’t know. But it was still dark outside.
I reached over for the clock on my bedside table and knocked it over. It tumbled and clattered to the floor. It said it was two in the morning.
Only two in the morning?
Everything that I recalled—in fragments—had only taken a few hours?
I guess when you lived life fast, events happened just as quickly.
I lay in bed. Shirtless.
