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They met two months ago.
One late, busy night at Ishmael's former workplace, her crew was on standby for what sounded initially like a standard operation. "That would be my usual order of business," she remembers—"until my partner told me there had been an ‘update.'"
She received a photo of a beautiful woman of considerable grace and height. In the photograph, she held her head low, her face hidden with the brim of her hat and ivory hair, to give the impression of an old-school criminal. She'd evaded the attention of folks, but this time, there were witnesses.
Admittedly, she was attracted by the fact that it was a woman. Admittedly, her feelings remained well concealed in a matter of professionalism, especially at the sight of how gorgeous she is. In hindsight, her naivety shows. That was the initial step.
Ishmael cracks open a beer. It's her first beer in weeks after a vow of sobering up for her work. As always, she finishes it off in a quick series of large swigs. One of those nights, she thought.
That woman is horrible. She made Ishmael deteriorate into dependency on the substance she told others to cut out of their lives.