Babes in Toyland #15
Jennifer, Aaron’s wife was already waiting in front of the restaurant when her doppelganger arrived. The car in front of the restaurant, has windows that are darkly tinted. She rolled down the back window of her rented black town car. Her face under the restaurant lights glowed framed within the black on black darkness of metal and glass.
“Hello, Jennifer it’s me…” she said from the car her head hung like the moon over the rolled down window. Her eyes glazed over taking it all in. This was a pizza restaurant at a strip mall. She is too aware of her surroundings. She’s convinced she is slumming.
“Really? Get da fuck out the car stupid! You’re blocking the fire lane and I’m hungry as fuck.” This is the other Jennifer being nonchalant.
“Oh! Okay… Ummm…,” the Jennifer in the car talks to the interior darkness and nods her head. The driver comes around to help her exit the car. He opens and closes the door for her and returns to the driver’s side as quickly as he exited.
The original Jennifer suffers a twinge of jealousy. She schlepped on buses and trains to get home and walked six blocks to Gaby’s. You sign in blood and you get the latest Jimmy Choos, she thought to herself. There were perks to suffering under Aaron: nice things and and a higher quality of living in…
