Chapter 33: The Missing Strings

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Chapter 33: The Missing Strings 🖤

Chapter 33: The Missing Strings 🖤

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Arthur...

What frightened Arthur though, was that he had imagined an entire relationship with a woman, not too long ago and even though he was almost positive that this is not the case this time, that fear would still creep up every now and again. He squeezed his eyes shut for a moment and then continued painting his lips.

Iris 💋

Even though Iris knew he was not with her, she hugged her own body, wishing it was him. Suddenly, Iris could hear someone coming into the bathroom and even though she knew it was silly, she looked to see who was coming, just in case it was him...

It wasn't...

It was an older woman, heavy set,, who seemed to be intoxicated and she went into one of the stalls. Iris was now snapped out of her daydream and began to put some makeup on. She did her lips deep red in a pout, doll-like shape. Iris noticed, as she was putting on some of her deep turquoise eyeliner, that the woman in the bathroom was not using it to empty her bladder, but to partake in the use of cocaine. She could hear her sniff several times and Iris almost wanted to ask her for a bump. It sent shivers down her spine.

When the woman came out, snorting and sniffing, she did offer Iris some. She stared at the little baggie in the women's palm, but she shook her head and said, "No, thank you"

"I wish...", she thought, briefly...

The woman smiled back at her and said, "What's a beautiful girl like you doing all alone on Halloween?"

Those words made Iris' heart ache and she didn't even know what to say, so she simply smiled and shrugged her shoulders. The woman, who was dressed as a jester, looked at herself in the mirror for a moment and then said, " Well, be careful out there tonight. That crazy Joker character is still lurking about"

Iris felt her heartbeat speed up when she said that, but she didn't want her to see the anxiety in her face, so she nodded her head, kindly, at the woman and she exited the bathroom, leaving Iris to be by herself again.

"I wish that crazy Joker character was here...with me..."

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