“Do you want to come over?”
When she comes over, they sit on the sofa, talk, have a couple of Bombay-tonics
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I wish you well. I kiss thee on thy mouth.
Tomasz Goetel
Ibiza, Spain
December 19 AD 2021
“Do you want to come over?”
Later, when she’s come over, they sit on the sofa and have a couple of stiff strip-me-naked’n’tonics. They talk, he tells her to pretend that this is the first time she’s come over and she blushes and shrinks a little and agrees. Then, he tells her that she’s his slave girl. And he tells her what he wants her to do. She pretends to refuse and he tells her not to speak just as she tries to say that there’s no way, then she goes to the bathroom exactly when he orders her to. He pours himself another drink. When she comes out, he tells her to undress him in the bedroom. She massages him a little too quickly and he tells her to slow down or he’ll whip her, and so she slows down, in anguish. He has sex with her. He relaxes. Soon, he tells her to leave and she leaves.
But first, it is afternoon. They speak on the phone because he doesn’t like texting. He’s the one who calls.
She: —Hello?
He: —Do you want to come over?
(Silence for a moment.)
She: —Do you want me to come over?
He: —Sure. If you want to.
She: —I want to. If you want me to.
He: —Yes, I do. I already said so.
(Saying “I already said so” is always a mistake; he always forgets not to say that.)
She: —No, you didn’t.
He: —I really did. But never mind, I’ll tell you again: I want you to come over.
She: —Why do you always have to be so difficult. I wanted to come over but now I’m not so sure.
He: —Yeah, I know what you mean. Now I’m not so sure, either.
(Silence for a moment.)
She: —Okay, I’ll come over.
She waits for him to hang up. He hangs up. She comes over. Never was there a time, after he had called, that she wouldn’t come over.