Wicked Wednesday #305 — Catastrophe

“It could have been a catastrophe!” Sally exclaimed, her wide smile both warm and menacing at once.

Eliza smiled, and took a sip of her cappuccino—they made sure not to have drinks this time so they could really have a conversation.

The brocade curtains gave a Victorian feel to the busy Greenwich Village street. Eliza was awful at navigating in the Village, but she instinctively located this venue to have coffee with Sally.

“Oscar tells me you had been in Los Angeles for a bit.”

Sally nodded, Eliza noted her smile went away.

“Yes, and I will have to return at some point. I have a lot still there…”

“You know, I was happy that you called. There really was never a catastrophe to have happened. Oscar and I…” Eliza faltered, but smiled not to look stern.

In front of Eliza was really a ghost. Oscar said he had not seen Sally in years, and all of a sudden she appeared after she and Oscar had begun being intimate again. It was as if she and Oscar were star-crossed. There were times that she wanted him, dreamily fantasized about running away with him. He had swept her away in Shanghai and Paris…but now was just something that she wanted to explore in some kind of way with him, and there were so many road blocks.

Eliza gasped.

When she looked up at the counter, she recognized the man seated at the bar. She had not seen him for a long time. He recognized her instantly. His smile was lascivious, and she felt her body respond lasciviously in return. His stride was steady over to her, after her slammed down his espresso which he drank like a shot. The warm cappuccino in her mouth transformed into the memory of something else in her mouth.

Adrien…

“Eliza!” He bent and his shaggy hair, and the stubble on his face were reacquainted with her as he kissed both of her cheeks. Sally raised an eyebrow, and Eliza realized this could be a catastrophe…

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