Chapter Four
And the next day before her afternoon work shift started he took her shopping, bought her a black lace party dress with stockings and suspenders, and the highest pair of black stilt heels she had ever seen. In front of the store clerk, he made her wiggle across the carpet in those new shoes, looking like a porn star seeking a part at her first audition. And on her only weekday off, after she bathed, Harry gave her a tranquilizer pill to quiet her nerves, and an ecstasy pill to prime her interest. He dabbed Jungle Gardens, John’s favorite perfume, between her breasts.
Then, at noon, an effeminate-looking man with a limp arrived with a leather case filled with facial makeup and assorted accessories. He painted her nails red, added matching lip gloss. He contrasted the flesh ar
