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was reclining instead.
“Are you alright?” she asked me, holding out her drink.
I nodded and took a big gulp, forgetting until it was too late that it was alcoholic. Coughing, I handed it back to her.
When I could once again speak, I asked, “How could I have forgotten all of that?”
“Did the man specifically ask you to forget?” Alex asked.
“I don’t think so.”
“But it does certainly seem like this is related to him. Can you give us a detailed description? I will put the word out to look for him, should he ever return.”
“Let’s see. He wasn’t exceptionally tall. Definitely taller than me, but shorter than you. And he was fairly thin and dressed in black. He was pale, with longish blonde hair and these amazing eyes. They were like hazel, but all different colors. When I looked into them, it was like I could see the whole of the universe. Like….” I coughed again, realizing I had gone off in my own world.
Alex nodded curtly. “Is there anything else you remember that may be of any use?”
“Maybe,” I said. “I’m not sure.”
“What is it?”
I paused, embarrassed. The only thing that kept me talking was the knowledge that Alex could hypnotize me to get the rest of it anyway. “There was, like, this weird attraction. Like I knew he was there before I even saw him. And I wanted him desperately, almost like it was more than a physical thing.”
Finally, I convinced myself to stop talking. By then Tammy had an amused grin on her face.
Alex stood to roll the chair back behind the desk. “I will provide that description to the individuals who work at the door. Thank you.”
“Wait!” I yelped, suddenly having a flash of memory. “There is something else.”
My mind had gone back to when I first grabbed the man’s arm. “He had a tattoo.”
“What was it?” Alex asked.
“It was all black, and on the back of his right hand,” I said. “It was a symbol or something. I think that I could draw it, but it’s hard to describe.”
I was immediately handed a pad of paper and a pen, and started to draw it out in a shaky hand. When I was done, both Alex and Tammy leaned over to look at it. It was sort of a stylized Z with a line through it and a circle on the bottom.
Tammy shook her head and took another gulp of her drink. “It looks like a magical symbol, but I don’t know it off-hand.”
Alex took the paper from me and put it in the printer on the desk, which spewed out a few copies. He handed one to Tammy, saying, “Here is a copy, if you would like to do some research.”
She put it in her bag without comment and drained her drink, handing the glass to him in return. “We should probably head out soon. I at least have to go to work tomorrow.”
“Okay,” I said, feeling somewhat numb in the aftermath of my mind control experiment. I also wanted to talk some more with Alex, especially since our conversation from earlier had been cut short, but I didn’t know exactly what to say.
“It would probably be better if I let the two of you out the back way,” Alex said, opening the office door.
Tammy got up from the sofa, and seeing my hesitation, offered me a hand. I stood up and allowed myself to be led behind her without comment.
Once out in the hallway, we turned in the opposite direction of the club, where Alex opened a door that was marked as a fire exit.
“We will be in touch.” He opened it and held it for us, and Tammy pulled me through, into the dark alley.
Chapter Eight
Our trip home was quiet and uneventful. I felt like I would burst into tears at any minute, so I refrained from saying much of anything. Tammy was a bit tipsy, and perhaps sensed my bad mood, so she regaled me with stories of how we used to try to sneak into clubs while we were in high school.
But as soon as we sat down on the train, Tammy fell asleep, and I was left to my own thoughts. I wasn’t even quite sure what I had wanted from Alex, but whatever
“Are you alright?” she asked me, holding out her drink.
I nodded and took a big gulp, forgetting until it was too late that it was alcoholic. Coughing, I handed it back to her.
When I could once again speak, I asked, “How could I have forgotten all of that?”
“Did the man specifically ask you to forget?” Alex asked.
“I don’t think so.”
“But it does certainly seem like this is related to him. Can you give us a detailed description? I will put the word out to look for him, should he ever return.”
“Let’s see. He wasn’t exceptionally tall. Definitely taller than me, but shorter than you. And he was fairly thin and dressed in black. He was pale, with longish blonde hair and these amazing eyes. They were like hazel, but all different colors. When I looked into them, it was like I could see the whole of the universe. Like….” I coughed again, realizing I had gone off in my own world.
Alex nodded curtly. “Is there anything else you remember that may be of any use?”
“Maybe,” I said. “I’m not sure.”
“What is it?”
I paused, embarrassed. The only thing that kept me talking was the knowledge that Alex could hypnotize me to get the rest of it anyway. “There was, like, this weird attraction. Like I knew he was there before I even saw him. And I wanted him desperately, almost like it was more than a physical thing.”
Finally, I convinced myself to stop talking. By then Tammy had an amused grin on her face.
Alex stood to roll the chair back behind the desk. “I will provide that description to the individuals who work at the door. Thank you.”
“Wait!” I yelped, suddenly having a flash of memory. “There is something else.”
My mind had gone back to when I first grabbed the man’s arm. “He had a tattoo.”
“What was it?” Alex asked.
“It was all black, and on the back of his right hand,” I said. “It was a symbol or something. I think that I could draw it, but it’s hard to describe.”
I was immediately handed a pad of paper and a pen, and started to draw it out in a shaky hand. When I was done, both Alex and Tammy leaned over to look at it. It was sort of a stylized Z with a line through it and a circle on the bottom.
Tammy shook her head and took another gulp of her drink. “It looks like a magical symbol, but I don’t know it off-hand.”
Alex took the paper from me and put it in the printer on the desk, which spewed out a few copies. He handed one to Tammy, saying, “Here is a copy, if you would like to do some research.”
She put it in her bag without comment and drained her drink, handing the glass to him in return. “We should probably head out soon. I at least have to go to work tomorrow.”
“Okay,” I said, feeling somewhat numb in the aftermath of my mind control experiment. I also wanted to talk some more with Alex, especially since our conversation from earlier had been cut short, but I didn’t know exactly what to say.
“It would probably be better if I let the two of you out the back way,” Alex said, opening the office door.
Tammy got up from the sofa, and seeing my hesitation, offered me a hand. I stood up and allowed myself to be led behind her without comment.
Once out in the hallway, we turned in the opposite direction of the club, where Alex opened a door that was marked as a fire exit.
“We will be in touch.” He opened it and held it for us, and Tammy pulled me through, into the dark alley.
Chapter Eight
Our trip home was quiet and uneventful. I felt like I would burst into tears at any minute, so I refrained from saying much of anything. Tammy was a bit tipsy, and perhaps sensed my bad mood, so she regaled me with stories of how we used to try to sneak into clubs while we were in high school.
But as soon as we sat down on the train, Tammy fell asleep, and I was left to my own thoughts. I wasn’t even quite sure what I had wanted from Alex, but whatever
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