Chapter 4:

Piper had decided to wait until she boarded the plane to read the letter. Unfortunately, when she got to the airport the next nonstop flight to New York was a couple of hours away. There was nothing she could do about that, but she knew her body was running on fumes. So, she bought her ticket and a salad then settled in for a short, yet much needed nap. She had hoped to get a shower at the arrivals lounge before she had to catch her plane, but she ended up sleeping longer than intended and had to run to catch the flight. She knew she would be in a hideous condition by the time the almost 8 hour flight landed, but a shower would have to wait.

Now, as the plane prepared for lift off she unfolded the sacred letter and read it in its entirety:

My Dearest Piper,

I hope this letter finds its way to you even though I know you are probably half way across the Atlantic Ocean by now. My only hope is that you might remember to drop your key off at the building. I know you are always so meticulous about those types of things. Your sense of responsibility and attention to detail were some of the things that first drew me to you. You will remember me calling you out on your shitty resume. You were always such a good girl. I can’t begin to describe what a thrill and a turn-on it was for me to corrupt you in some small way that might stay with you forever.

I don’t mean this to sound possessive. It’s only that you have affected me, too. “Corrupted” me, if you will…I feel as if I will never be of any use to another woman since having you. You see, I needed to write this letter…to exercise that demon, the demon that is you. I was never able to tell you how deliciously you ruined me for anyone else. I could never say that to you because it would mean giving up control to you and I could never do that either.  Not because I was high on some game, but because I was nothing without it.