Sitting in the hospital cafe, drinking bitter black coffee, Alice tried to figure out why she was so obsessed with Tony. There was no good reason, and she knew that. Her head knew it, but her heart and hormones had thoughts of their own. She remembered explaining to Lucy the difference between making love and f*****g, and got hot at the thought of Tony’s touch on her body.
She thought about her dream suddenly, and the tingling feeling she felt turned to distress. When she closed her eyes, she could still see the sticky tar dripping from Tony’s empty eyes. She saw the maggots, and they made her squirm in revulsion.
Thinking about her dream, she began to plan out her day. She understood about signs and premonitions, and the importance of dreams in everyday life.
Tony was going to be on th
