“Enjoy having the bed to yourself tonight,” he says, tucking himself away and zipping up his pants. He winks at me, turns on his heels and saunters away. All I can do is pant and watch him go.
 
 The machine beeps to announce the cycle has finished.
 
 Why do I feel like I just lost?
 
 Bastard.
 
 Jožef: Yo, cuz. What the fuck did you do to piss him off so much? He just carved a girl up so good she fit into a tin of dog food.
 
 Ace: Who?
 
 Jožef: Just some auction slut. It doesn’t matter. What did you do?