Chapter 2

You are looking at the woman you love, with a stranger sunk inside her, an enemy, an invader. The moment you saw it, your heart burst like a balloon and sagged into a limp scrap, but your body instantly became light, dry, and wound tight. The tension in your groin commandeered every resource your body had; just as well, there was no strength left for thought. And how could you think, reflect, when your life was turning into sheer madness! Every time you think Omar and his narcotic vices are behind you, your wife lies down under that filthy old immigrant again!!! Perhaps the Arabs are right when they say your fate is wrapped around your neck...

In the YouTube video still playing, a commentator is discussing the conflict with Iran and calling for more troops in the Middle East and increased defense spending. Words float from his lips like bubbles and burst against the screen from the inside, though they are aimed at the viewer’s unprotected soul. Your soul is otherwise occupied: you have flooded it with jealousy. You stare at your beautiful wife’s firm, sexy, naked legs. They lie on either side of the old man’s fat body. His bare ass is tense and quivering, but he isn’t moving. Is he coming?! And Ann ... is LETTING HIM?! INSIDE HER?!!!