Naked Desires

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choing in the quiet area beside the water. Shipping vessels float idly on the horizon, bringing in container loads of goods, and ahead of me

re were no bodies inside, but I didn't need to see them to know that they were dead. We would be lucky if we even found a corpse. These waters surrounding the city were deep an

verer the car towards the yard, lowering it slowly

wetting the expensive material, and causing it to stick to my damp skin beneath. It run

long, beige trench coat jogs towards me, a large umbrella sheltering him from the

note the brown folder clutched in his hand, he

tor hands it across to me, keeping his fingers curled at the

rest

Saint, I'm sure you can under

nk the folder or snatch it away, he'll give it to me, "I trust

who you suspected

the folder into my jacket,

h me, Mr

e water crashes against the concrete blocks beneath. White spray leaps into the air, some crashing onto the

ly to the edge, stopping only when my toes touch the

e tight enough that the skin across his knuckles ha

ase with anyone but my

a lie. I hated liars.

nd flooding beneath my shoes, bringing with it debris from the ocean, soggy seaw

s, "I wish to terminate o

tucked into the back of my pants. He doesn't notice the move,

I would like to re

lder. He'd been in my employ for several years now, he knew how it worked, how I knew

ety off, raising the gun

d splatters across my face and over my white shirt but I don't move to wipe it away while I

then they roll the body, the concrete blocks scraping across the floor. They lift them to the edge, kicking them off and forcing the body to follow. There're a few seconds before he starts to

my pocket, running it over

ring to the task that brought me to the yard in the first place. It was an impossible quest, I knew

ut they kn

body would ne

they hadn't bee