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Secrets of the Velvet Trap — 22
Eddie must disclose terrible news to Vivian. And meets Sabine.
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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Eddie held her beer glass tightly, and the soothing undertones of jazz and clandestine whispers seemed distant as she sat at the Red Room bar. Wednesday night was slow, and the cold, rainy day made it more so.
A mix of perfume and tobacco smoke from several tables wafted about the room. Eddie’s anxious gaze darted around with intensity, mirroring her inner turmoil. Her mind churned with a barrage of what-ifs.
Her gaze inevitably landed on Vivian.
The very embodiment of composure, Vivian moved with effortless grace. She held a whiskey in one hand, a cigarette in the other, and her laughter blended with the voices of three men. Violet leaned against her, holding her arm and smiling. Their closeness reminded Eddie of what she worried she would never possess.
