the screeching sounds of sirens.“George, we gotta go.”

She pulled me down the street toward the subway, “we can disappear down there.”  Following her my heart was beating fast as I stumbled down the stairs of the subway entrance. Sitting on the train it seemed that everyone else was laughing and enjoying themselves. For a minute I hated them. Watching my reflection in the subway car window I suddenly felt alone. There was a wall around me versus the rest of the world.   

I made Angel take me to the Tiger Lily Boudoir. When she put me back on the train she said goodbye. We kissed, the doors closed and I watched as she stood there on the platform by herself. The train ride back to Uncle Louie’s apartment took forever.

I walked around and...

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