Part 2: St. Lilia

 As soon as Lilia got home, she went straight up to the attic and looked in the mirror. 

She was 37, and she had become more beautiful than ever in the last year. Everyone said so. 

And yet she had only cheated on Theodore twice since he stopped touching her. 

And how long ago was that?  7 years. 

7 years of masturbating on the attic floor and climaxing in tears because she couldn’t remember what the scratching of a man’s beard felt like. 

7 years and a million dollars in Saint Points for every time someone pointed to Theodore and remarked, “You’re a lucky woman, i wish my husband had that sense of style.” 

But the life of a martyr didn’t suit her anymore.  

Fuck it. It was time to summon the snake.