Medusa of the Roses by Navid Sinaki

Author:Navid Sinaki
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grove Atlantic
Published: 2024-07-23T14:51:05+00:00

“And where is Zal now?” Omid asks back in the kitchen. He has charcoal on his neck from scratching himself.

“Hah. An ongoing question.”

“Sorry about that.” He points out a cum stain on my jeans, one of his that snuck through when I put my pants back on. There’s also charcoal down the front. “You should soak them so the powder doesn’t set.”

I head to the closet to swap them out for another pair. I notice that among my clothes, you’ve added your gray jeans, the ones you wore to and from the hospital. They were hung up hastily, half off the hanger. In the final moments before you left the apartment, you must have realized you should leave these pants behind too. Why would you leave them here if you’ve removed all other traces of yourself? Because they’re my jeans. You made a big deal about me wearing your pants because I always found a way to leave ink stains. Yours were yours and mine were mine. So I wrote my name on the tag. But you were wearing my pants that night. I try not to dwell on the fact.

I put them on and join Omid again. As a thank-you, he puts his fingers through my belt loops and pulls me close to him. “I can’t believe the heartache you’ve been put through.” Our crotches touch. Omid kisses me. I let him. His hands dig deep into my back pockets and fish something from the left one. A piece of paper, maybe a gum wrapper.

“This your card?” he jokes.

A receipt. From the night of your attack. Bita’s Ice.

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