He’d tried. He’d told her the truth, and she still didn’t believe him. Who would? Nobody sane, that’s for sure. He turned and walked slowly toward the velvet curtain. Just before pulling it back to go into the club, he wiped the tears away. He was on his way out the front when the music began. He turned, seeing the curtain slowly open, revealing a shadowy stage filled with sparkling spider webs. He was transfixed.
The web that stretched from ceiling to floor glittered and gleamed like jewels in the night. In a costume of dark netting, she seductively crawled along the web, keeping her eye on a particularly handsome fly caught in it. After pretending to tie him up, she finally swung on a single silky thread and lowered herself to the black, shiny stage.
The sexy music thumped temptingly a
