《The Final Story》D. F. Lau

7、Chapter 54

　　It’s nearly midnight. Rene walked into noisy club as putting his hands into pocket and shrinking his shoulders.
　　He crossed asile hurriedly, lowing his head to avoid capturing eyesight in darkness, and had to keep away from hands stretched out from seats from time to time, went to old place looking for Alex.
　　Before getting close to him, Rene found Alex was talking to someone beside him.
　　Flickering Lights and rocking figures made Rene couldn’t identified that man immediately. As he went forward, he at once recognized the man who was that policeman named Will used to be with Anton together.

　　Rene got a adrenalin surge, his blood rushed to his head at a moment. He rushed up quickly and gripped that man. The man was slanting and fell down from seat from the fierce power.
　　“Jimmy!”
　　Alex got a big scare, he turned head to watch Rene amazedly.
　　(Translated by Fei)
　　“You, get out!” Rene said in a low voice.
　　Heavy breath made a terrible effect falling down to Will’ ears. Rene caught hold of Will’s neck by one hand and pressed his arm using other hand as walking out.
　　“You, stay here.”
　　Rene command Alex with a low voice, who was all amazement on face.
　　“Hey, don’t be so hurry!”
　　Will staggered by the force of Rene, he said,
　　“I will go out with you, all right?”
　　Will struggled and took an empty bottle on a table by other empty hand in passing it as turning around.

　　Anton waited upsetly in Jimmy’ room on top floor of an old apartment nearby.
　　A moment ago, He and Roger went to shadow of lights after being off duty.
　　Still were those old man and awkward furnishing in shadow of lights which had no any differences compared with last time.
　　They asked about Sean, but nobody knew him. Whether waiters or those old man shook their heads slowly-witted without expressions as seeing Sean’s picture.
　　If they asked more, they would turn a deaf ear and pay no attention to them.

　　“Our young marster”,
　　Anton remembered those negroids had said that several times, then who was that half-blooded guy? If there was one such person in New-York, he should not know nothing about it. Anton had to contact informer for information again.

　　“When will be a play?”
　　Finally Anton dragged away irritated Roger and asked shopkeeper.
　　“shadow of lights had no play for a long time.”
　　The shopkeeper told Anton it was no promised day.
　　Anton watched old pictures on the wall and thought about it. He was very astonishment by this feeling as he was fistinging onto water. There was always something odd in the groggery, he knew he must go to there once more.
　　He had called Rene day but Rene didn’t want to go shadow of lights. He heared Rene hesitated obviously for a little moment in the phone, then told him in a low voice,
　　“I will be in club this night, a date with Alex.”
　　“When you finish, come here.”
　　Finally Rene said, his voice was low and full of magnetic,
　　“If I am not in that room—you know,—I would be in club. The key is left in the box beside the door.”
　　In a minute, they both remembered that last time Anton got to early and had to wait outside- which seemed likely happening a long, long time ago.
　　Anton surprised slightly, but he still promised.

　　Now, he was in the dirty room, Rene hadn’t arrived—no, probably he would call him Jimmy now—Anton thought with irony as looking at the room in front.
　　It was the typical building of old-style, furnishing was same as the most others in temporary rental-house in the block, congesting of out-moded and lowness odour.

　　Anton opened a closet by hand, in which a pile of clothes was in a mess, most of them were of strange styles. Some were made of hollowing rubber mesh, some were carrying paillettes, from which people would know easily one in such clothes can do what in first sight.
　　A black jupe was throwed casually on that clothes. When Anton found it, he was distracted for a moment. He picked it up, found the baldric of it had been torn down, then he caught a glimpse of black fishing net stocking on side, that made him imagining when Rene straddled on other bodies he would be wearing these things. A heavy nausea came to him quickly, he shut the door powerfully and didn’t want to touch it anymore.
　　In the cupboard bside bed, a stack of condoms of different package were thrown on it. Most of them were opened, being littered casually, under them were a jumbled apparatus, Anton had a big nausea again.
　　As he turned around, Anton found a pile of naked dishes were muddle together on and under the TV, beside them were a few colourful package, marked AV and GV, which had been casting a layer of dust. A stack of scattered papermoney were muddled together in the drawer under TV.
　　The surrounding made Anton disgusting very much.

　　Anton was agitate for a while. He opened window and take fresh air. Outside there were dense streets in darkness, he couldn’t see anything.
　　Antong turned to search something to drink. He found hamburgur、sandwich、milk and beer in kitchen fridge, a bag of oranges was on the table, that manifested Rene—no, it was Jimmy come here frequently.
　　Anton took a beer back, seeing that big bed in this room, on there they were together last time, now it made him disgusting. Imagining that there were many times Rene and different strangers seeking excitement in various disgusting manner on this bed, it evoked his severe aversion.
　　In a word, this room had no any difference with those rooms in which sex trader lived Anton had been to before when he was handling cases.

　　The lights of billboard out of window glinted into the room, reminded him here is near that famous pornographic street and lived many such person.
　　Anton cursed severely. The long he waited, the more he was disgusting and irritant. Finally, he rushed to the club without having a bit of water or beer.

　　Outside the club, Rene gripped Will out after kicking off iron backdoor, dragging the man into the dark deep lane.
　　Will struggled and Rene put off him.
　　Will at once took away his arm and drew back. He neatened his clothes as looking at Rene,
　　“ohoh, Rene”
　　He tilted his head and sneered at Rene provocatively.

　　“It’s me.”
　　Rene nodded and gave a very kind and soft smile to Will. Rene knew this smile would made Will confused bacause Will seemed to be in a daze for a moment.
　　“Now you know who I am?”
　　Rene’ soft word twisted quietly towards him,
　　“or you need something else more?”
　　Unexpectly, Rene’ sight turned to cold looking like a pig iron, transmitting a chill under moonlight,
　　“and let you see more clearly?”
　　Rene stepped onward one pace, then gripped Will again like a lightning. He stared at him with an basilisk eye as his face approaching to Will’s.

　　Will was holded again before had time to make a reaaction, but he had just made a little struggle then stopped. He looked at Rene as narrowing his eyes,
　　“You is his boss, so what then? Do you think you can do everything you want?”
　　Will teased Rene with a sneer,
　　“What you think about Anton? Do you believe he would obey you if you make difficults for him?”
　　He watched the hands of Rene grasping his chest,
　　“uh, you want to hit me? Do you believe he would follow you if you hit me?”
　　“my little man,”
　　Rene interruppted Will’ words as approaching Will’ ear and gave him a little laugh,
　　“I will tell you one thing, from now—take your ears!”
　　Rene’ sight look out of the lane, no one was around here, he put more strength to his hand,
　　“Do not let me see you and Alex together, don’t speak to him,”
　　He put more strength again, Will convulsed by this ample strength,
　　“If I know you talk to him,”
　　Rene said as giving a fierecly wresting, Will was forced to scream,
　　“You’ re finished, son! Do you remember it?”
　　Rene said with a low voice in slow speed, these words liked a creeping snake, peemeating skin and arouse chills,
　　“I will ruin you!”
　　Rene stared at Will with a terrible sight, he knew Will must be afraid.
　　Naked threaten, he had learnt it when he was 19, it was always useful to deal with such crafty guys, or occasionally to frighten people as the police in front of him, that was enough.
　　They glared at each other under moonlight. Seeing Rene’ eyes got a chillness, Will cann’t help making a slight tremble.

　　In club, Anton saw Alex, he asked him,
　　“Where is Jimmy?”
　　“Went to backside!”
　　Alex made a gesture.
　　Anton turn to go outside, but instaneously felt like Alex was worried very much, so he turn round and asked,
　　“What?”
　　“with….. the one searched you last time.”
　　Alex said behind him,
　　“Will!”
　　Anton was astonished, he speeded up to go out.

　　In the darkness lane out the club, Will glared at Rene and suddenly smiled quietly, then he abruptly flung wine bottle up in his left hand and hit heavily on his right arm edge. The bottle immediately shattered to pieces, Will threw away left bottle neck.
　　Rene was amazed and he immedialtely backed a pace as loosening his hands by his past experiences.
　　Will smiled again provocatively.
　　They watched each other once again.

　　“Will?”
　　At this moment, a low shout came in a distance, a tall figure was appeared reflecting by dusky moonlight in the lane corner. The man strode heavily toward them.
　　Will smiled slightly as staring at Rene.

　　“Anton,”
　　Rene came up but was pushed away at once.
　　Anton came to hold Will whose blood was streaming out from his arm, permeating the clothes and dropping to land.
　　Will leaned over and almost smashed to Anton’ shoulder.
　　“Are you all right?”
　　“Nothing, there is nothing…….I am OK, really.”
　　Will gasped,
　　“let we go!”
　　They went out the lane together,
　　Suddenly Will seemed likely to remember something, he turned round hurrily and said to Rene,
　　“I wouldn’t say anything, take it easy!”
　　(Translated by Fei)