‘Cry your heart out little baby. That’s the only way to feel a thing.’

‘That’s what you think mister.’ She has a blade tickling my tummy. I don’t think she could, not for a second, so I laugh as loud as I possibly can. Ha! I grab the back of her neck and pull her toward my aching lips. No kiss. No lips meet in this shitty story. As soon as I feel the cold steal inside my guts everything starts to make complete sense.

‘Senseless shit is all this is. Every last bit of it.’