Congratulations on Fingering the Hottest Girl at the Party!

The  coffee in front of you will be cold.  The paper cup will somehow feel chillier than the room you’ll be sitting in.  Detective Jameson will be sitting next to you.  He’ll look tired, the way he always does, but when the women start to file into the room he’ll perk up a little.  You will imagine that this isn’t the sort of line up he’s usually confronted with.

Gorgeous women will be standing against a wall on the other side of the two-way mirror, gorgeous women in party dresses like the one you described to the officer.  They’ll all look slightly different, but they’ll fit the profile you gave the officer: brunette, around five foot six, blue eyes, rich, full lips, luscious breasts, childbearing hips.  To the officer, you imagine they’re just an array of gorgeous women who’d never touch him, but to you one of them will be familiar, a haunting visage from your past carrying piano wire.

You’ll point to her and nod.

“Number six,” you’ll murmur.  Jameson will nod and key a button, then speak into a microphone.

“Number six, step forward.”

She’ll stride forward two paces obligingly and smile at you through the glass.  Then she’ll make a quick cutting gesture across her throat and wink at you.

“You’re sure?” Jameson will ask.  You’ll nod, lump forming in your throat.

“I’m sure,” you’ll mumble into your fist as you struggle to stop yourself from vomiting.

Jameson will nod and inform the officers in charge of managing the suspects from the lineup.  Then he’ll walk you out the back of the interrogation room to another holding cell where he’ll proceed to debrief you on just what witness protection will entail.  You won’t be able to hear a word of what he’s saying – your thoughts will be transfixed on what you saw her doing, the smile she gave you and the finger she put to her lips as she vanished out that window into the night.  You never wanted to see her again, and yet here she is.  Tears will well in your eyes as you struggle to listen to Jameson for even a moment.

Congratulations on Fingering the Hottest Girl at the Party!