Infernal Attraction ©

Chapter XI: Blind Justice?

"When you understand every opinion is a vision loaded with personal history, you will start to understand that all judgment is a confession". -Nikola Tesla.

After coming back to my apartment, I decide to take a hot shower. I want to erase every trace and scent that could remind me to Ethan Cooper. The feeling of being used makes me want to rip off all of his caresses with water and soap. I wish I could do the same with my brain and delete from my memory everything linked to that man, but...I can't.

Come on, Kailey! Nothing happened, it's very likely you weren't the first or the last woman used just for a night of pleasure.

I take a deep breath, while I close my eyes to cheer myself up.

The feeling of calm is just a few seconds long. My guilt takes over me again when I have a flashback of me abandoning Aaron in that night club. This made me question if what happened to me today was just a response from karma playing against me.

I finish my shower to try to communicate with him...

I take a towel and without getting dressed yet, I take my cell phone. But it has run out of battery, it won't turn on. I connect the charger to the phone just for a few minutes while I'm putting my clothes on and preparing something to eat.

I'm starving, so I took my big dish of pasta carbonara and finished it in just a few seconds.

After I rest from eating, I take my phone again, and when I finally turn it on, I dial Aaron's number. After three rings, he answers my call. Hearing my companion's voice in the phone cheers me up.

━Hey Aaron! How are you? -I ask a bit ashamed.

━Ahh, hello, Kailey, I'm okay, I hope you too -he answers very down in the dumps.

━Is something wrong? -I ask, fearing his possible answer.

━No, nothing's wrong. Talk to you later -he answers sharply, as he hangs the phone.

What the heck?

What's wrong with Aaron?

Today is not my day, that's definitive. And just thinking about it, really makes me wish it had ended already.

This weekend was not pleasant at all to me. I watched tv series on Netflix, both on Saturday and Sunday.

Many heartbroken women run to their houses to watch "love" soap operas, and those are clichéd stories reaffirming how miserable their romantic lives are.

Hormones, forgive me for not being one of them and fulfill their sobs!

I prefer, or better yet, I just love criminology, psychological horror and thrillers, so I chose to spend the last 30 hours of my weekend watching a tv series whose plot had me hooked: "Hannibal Lecter".

Today, Monday, as strange as it may look, I didn't wake up late. I also prepared myself faster than usual.

Yes! I'm surprised too, taking in consideration I haven't slept, and my thoughts stopped me from falling into Morpheus arms, so insomnia took over the situation and won the battle.

I haven't received any calls, or text messages, emails, smoke signals...not even a bill notification from my many debts. Neither Aaron nor Ethan worried about giving me a life signal. So, I guess this will be another common day in which I must go to Luna Corp and work.

Not having time to waste, I get going.

Despite by how annoying it can be, my routine trip calms me down a bit. Makes me realize that no matter what happens, the world will keep spinning at the same pace as always.