Neon signs in the middle of day. Now the glass-tube truth. A bunch of wires. Tired tape. Common, urban dirt. One of the signs went "XXX!!!". Another one, "Toys Here for Sale!"
The building was a simple plywood box. Some architect's version to the plain paper bag.
In a car parked across the street, a woman turned to a man and asked, 'That's it?'
'That is the place', the man replied.
Simone made a face like smelling something bad. Then she made an announcement. 'I am not going in there. Not in this lifetime.'
Brian sighed. He turned to Simone.
'Look, you'd probably enjoy it.' A low and sure and confidential tone. 'Ambience of a locker room. A locker room for team testosterone. A bunch of little males failing to hide... their enthusiasm.'
Simone considered this and touched her hair. 'One hears the voice of experience.'
Brian turned a becoming shade of pink. Like a lobster with glasses. 'Not exactly. Been there once. It was sort of a dare.'
'Well I dare you now.'
'And I dare you.'
'I am not going in there.' A very final tone of voice.
To this Brian courageously replied, 'I will not venture in that establishment alone.'
Simone giggled, 'Yes you will.'
A poignant pause here occurred.
'Oh shit... .'
'Buy a riding crop.'
'Yes.'
Simone lifted her line-of-beauty eyebrows. 'You forgot some extremely important verbiage.'
'Yes Mistress.'
The man went shopping.
It took twenty minutes. He returned with a box like a box for roses. Brian offered the box to his owner. 'Mistress... '
She jumped him. Simone pinned him down. Capture. Trapped him. Arms and weight. She held him like a fluffy toy. She squeezed like a toy. And then, 'Open your mouth my little slave.' A woman's tongue can penetrate a man. Penetrate far.
Simone sat back. Sat there like she hadn't even shaken up the world.
And started the car.