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The Two Portraits

Part 10

Part 10

Sep 24, 2020

Iris follows Dante inside his walk-in closet where he opens one of the drawers of his dresser. It was filled with baseball bats.

"You still play baseball?" she asks.

"No."

"So why the baseball bats?"

"Emergency purposes. I keep one in each of my cars at all times."

"Why do you have a drawer full of them?"

"To replace the ones that break."

"Not from hitting pitches, I bet."

"No." said Dante, and she left it at that. He picks up one of the bats and examines it, measuring the diameter with his index finger.

"How many?" he asks.

"How many what?" she asks back.

"The men who hurt you," said Dante, "how many were there?"

"Three." replies Iris, "always the same three night shift guys. Branson, Kowalski, and Dunbar."

Dante takes two more bats and examines them like he did the first. Satisfied, he put them under his arm.

"Okay. We'll go tonight."

"But what will I wear?" she asks playfully, tugging at the shirt she's wearing. His shirt.

Dante opens up one of the armoires, revealing a row of beautiful French clothes he had bought for her the week before she was released from prison. Upon seeing them, Iris let out a squeal of delight.

"Go nuts." he says with a smirk.

"Ooh, designer." she purrs, peeking at the labels, "but won't it be a bit much to wear these to Greenwood?"

"Grown men will be crying at your feet. Wear something special."

"Well if that's the case," Iris picks out a sheer, black tulle dress embroidered with a heart on the chest and a sword down the thigh, "I'm wearing Dior."

They set off at seven, riding away on Dante's gunmetal grey Bentley with Otto at the wheel. She in her Dior, and the devil in Hermès.

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For two nameless immortals who have found one another, the only constant in life is each other.
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Not recommended for readers below 18 years of age
TW: Abuse, Abusive Behavior, Violence
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This is a tiny novelette that I wrote as a kind of therapy when I was going through a dark place back in 2017.

I wanted to post it here because I have no intentions of going anywhere with it but I do kind of like it so I wanted to share with someone. I hope you enjoy it but if you don't, that's fine too.
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*This is a work of fiction inspired by the paintings of Johannes Vermeer and Agnolo Bronzino titled "Girl With The Pearl Earring" and "Portrait of A Young Man" respectively. I do not claim any ownership over the paintings and I do not claim the existence of any legitimate connection between my written work of fiction and either one of the aforementioned paintings.
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