Alice
I yawned, tugging at the tiny buttons that held the cream silk blouse together at my throat. It was so confining it was like I was suffocating. I had kicked off my shoes at the door , the black heels had pinched my toes . Making each step agony. But I hadn’t shown it. I knew I couldn’t show weakness in front of the men I wanted to back me.
And back me they did.
The underworld was changing and that was on me. They.. those men had lived under a patriarchal rule and messed up the lives of their families and loved ones for too long.
It was time to change, shake things up .
“Alice”
“Thanks for coming with me today Stefano , it means a lot that you stood with me” I didn’t even turn as I poured several fingers of scotch into a glass. I glugged it back. Relishing in the burn that igni
