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Secrets of the Velvet Trap — 17
A surprise reunion at Mass offers a bittersweet closure, followed by a stolen moment at the Velvet Trap that takes a dramatic turn.
In 1930s Chicago, a troubled psychoanalyst and her tormented young patient pursue an unethical affair. In the shadows of an underground fetish club, their dark eroticism exposes the raw edges of desire.
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The day was dry and cold when Eddie and Violet arrived at Holy Name Cathedral. The Catholic church loomed ahead, a monolithic structure of faith and stone amidst the sprawling urbanity, its spires piercing the morning mist.
The Archdiocese of Chicago had a seminary and several convents associated with it, so Eddie always wondered if she might see Ruth at Mass. Ruth had spent a year with the Sisters of Mercy, but she was consecrated to the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and taught at a parish school.
Eddie felt a lump in her throat as she thought of Ruth. She was Eddie’s oldest friend, growing up on the same block in Old Town and attending the same parish school. She had been a…
