The Mistake
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were but damn he seemed to know all
the right phrases, all the right terms and words.
He shook his head as if that would
clear his fogged mind but all it did was make his head hurt more. The pain
inside wasn’t from the Vodka but from how betrayed he felt. Why had Bill
gone to such lengths just to out him? What had he done that made Bill hate
him? James wished he knew, and yet all he could see in front of him was that
smirk on Bill’s face at the end, when the joke had run its course.
They had left the party together, he
leaning bit close to Bill but now, thinking a bit clearer he realized that
he never was able to get touching close. Sure their shoulders had touched a
few times and always Bill would smile as he pushed him away. Damn he should
have recognized it then but he hadn’t wanted to. He let his pent up desire
for Bill rule and now he was totally fucked.
If that hadn’t been a tip off the
dingy place they went to should have been. No way would some dude willing to
pay a few hundred in cash would take them to such a dingy place. Thinking
back on it, James realized that it had to be the boiler room of Bill’s own
apartment building. God, how stupid could he be? He should have recognized
it right off but again he had let his desire stifle his reason.
James closed his eyes as he saw it
all happening again. His hands clenched as he shivered remembering how they
had walked in down off the street, into the creepy dimly lit hallway and
then past the creaking old battered door. The smell of the room was a
mixture of diesel oil and dirt. He could smell it once more and his body
shuddered.
They walked in to the room and Bill
turned on a small lamp that threw a dim yellow glare into the place. He
could see the iron framed bed stuck up against the wall. The mattress had a
white covering on it and not much else. It looked messy and unkempt but he
was pretty certain no one ever slept on that bed. Off at the foot of the bed
was a partition that you knew was rarely in place. It just looked too out of
place even though it was dirty and old looking. That should have tipped the
balance he thought as his eyes clenched tightly as if to hide from the
images flashing before them.
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