What do I offer you?
A sports centre?
Mmmm….
What is it you want? What is it that attracts you to him?
…. Not his money…. he’s wealthy, but you don’t care about that. His money bought you in the first place, but it wouldn’t keep you coming back….
…. or are you simply mesmerised by his dominance?
What do you want, Babe?
…. I hardly know anything about you….
I lie with her, on the thick rug by the fire, my arms around her as she nestles close. “It"s the way you look at him,” I say.
She wrinkles her nose. “I don"t understand.”
“It’s like…. like…. a kind of adoration.”
She looks away, won’t speak.
I persist. “You think he"s a good man?”
She stares at the floor….
Are you refusing to answer…?
… or just choosing your words…?
“No….” she says, speaking slowly. “…. I think you are a
