I didn’t know what to say. I just stood there, staring, as she leaned back comfortably, her fingers lazily running over the cold metal. “Tonight, this is my little game,” she said, tapping the belt lightly, as if testing its firmness. I felt her gaze lock onto me, piercing and unrelenting.

I didn’t know what to say. I just stood there, staring, as she leaned back comfortably, her fingers lazily running over the cold metal. “Tonight, this is my little game,” she said, tapping the belt lightly, as if testing its firmness. I felt her gaze lock onto me, piercing and unrelenting.