[Dean's World] J.A. Eddy: *Methuselah's Daughter*, Part 4 Chapter 37

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*Methuselah's Daughter*, Part 4 Chapter 37
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                                 Chapter 37

   Ostia, circa 115 BCE

   Dawn was breaking and I was making my way to the fish marketâour
   brothel had its own kitchen and we could bring in quite a morning
   crowd, turning a decent profit from selling fish cakes and bread, let
   alone our other common wares. The morning was delightfully cool. There
   had been a rain during the night and the air was clean, delicious on
   the tongue. I was feeling rather content; something that had been so
   very rare the past years, so when I was interrupted it made me more
   predisposed to strike out. He was a young man, who recognized me from
   a party some time ago, and I did try to politely put him off, but he
   was insistent. He thus sealed his own fate.

   I led him into an alleyway, to some empty stables for a quick
   dalliance and I took his life almost as an afterthought. As I did so I
   nearly felt⦠regret. He struggled on the ground, weakening by the
   second as he hissed and burbled. I had struck his own knife deep into
   his throat, cutting his voice box for good measure. Leaning back
   against the wall I watched silently as he died.

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