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In Over Her Head by Elsie Russell - Parnasse.com

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scrunched it up and lunged at him, grinding the shirt into his face, and<br />

sending them both flying into the glass tables and the wall of<br />

synthesizers. The espresso cups, laptop, flat screens, and synthesizers all<br />

came crashing down as the table disintegrated into fragments of glass<br />

and ribbons of shard-encrusted duct tape. The equipment lay in a heap<br />

on the floor, screens broken, shorting out, dead.<br />

Sandro pushed Ula away and wiped his face on his sleeve. He<br />

saw the shit on his fresh shirt, and unbuttoned it. Ula glared at him<br />

from her spot between the couch and the door, shouldering her reeking<br />

bag.<br />

Penny ducked down and yanked the power strip from the plug.<br />

"Like father, like daughter." He took a step forward. "They<br />

have to rub your nose in it!" He took one more step.<br />

"The Schwanz's and their love of shit!" And with the last word<br />

he smacked Ula across the face so hard she fell back across the marble<br />

table into the sofa. Madame's wig slid to the floor, exposing Ula's<br />

mangy pate.<br />

Sandro ripped off his shirt and rubbed his face with the cleaner<br />

parts of it as he paced around the room to control himself. Ula sat on<br />

the sofa hugging her bag and stared ahead.<br />

Penny picked up the hairpiece and dropped it in Ula's lap.<br />

"Out. Now."<br />

Still in shock, Ula rose slowly and drifted out into the hall,<br />

clutching the hair. Penny closed the door gently behind her and locked<br />

it.<br />

"Why don't you wash off?"<br />

"Baugh, que puzzo. Yes, I take a shower."<br />

He disappeared into her bathroom.<br />

She took the zip drives and stacks of disks over to the marble<br />

table. Untangled the trode wires and wrapped them around their box.<br />

She called Ramón. He was out, but Bob<strong>by</strong> answered.<br />

" I'm calling the police," she yelled to Sandro.<br />

"No!" Sandro shouted back from the bathroom, where he<br />

toweled himself dry.<br />

"She threatened to kill me before," Penny said.<br />

"She will go to Dick's now. They can deal with her."<br />

"I'm afraid she'll try to burn the place down or something when<br />

she gets her wits back."<br />

"The wits will not <strong>com</strong>e back for a long time, I think, but Dick<br />

and Züt will," he said, half dressed and on his way to the kitchenette.<br />

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