Chapter 26
Her delicate hand moved graciously, applying the right pressure on the lips, painting them in a soft pink. Naoko loved her job, she thought it was a way to help the families ease the pain of losing someone and to give a nice end to the dead. The process however was not always as beautiful as it sounds, sometimes she had to face corpses in a very bad state, but she still loved to help people. It made her happy, complete, to be of help in such a painful situation. She often said it was not a physical job; it was a job for the soul. Even though she was very focused on applying makeup to the woman she had laying in front of her, the headache was there. Last night at the club was quite crazy, and they all drank way too much; the truth is that Naoko drank because she did not think she would have to work the following day, but she got a call in the morning asking her for a favour; a woman of a high social position killed herself by eating pills, and the boss wanted Naoko to prepare her as she was discreet, professional and careful in the corpse preparation. Nevertheless, her hangover was strong, and she was looking forward to going back to Allaryce’s “Oh God, my head… Why did you have to choose today to die, Mary? You could have waited a day or two” she frowned a little and softly massaged her temples “I wonder if Allaryce will be awake already, probably not” she giggled “such a sleepy girl… she calls others out for sleeping until late, but she spends all day wanting to sleep”. Naoko smiled sweetly thinking about her girlfriend “I can’t wait to move to the new flat, and today we are going to buy the furniture. I’m excited! I’ll call her so she can get ready on time”. She grabbed the phone and called her girlfriend, putting the call in speaker mode. After some tunes, Allaryce picked the call.
“Baby?” Allaryce had a very raspy voice “Where are you?”
“I’m working, babe”
“What? Working? Fuck, what day is today?!”
“It’s Sunday, you don’t have to come here” Naoko chuckled.
“Oh shit, you scared me” Allaryce sighed “Wait, then why are you there?”
“I told you before leaving, but I guess you were too sleepy. A woman killed herself and I was asked to prepare her”
“Sorry, I don’t remember, kitty” she smiled softly “will you be home soon? I’ll prepare lunch”
“Yes, I’m about to finish. We have to go after eating to buy the furniture, so it would be great if lunch is ready when I come home”
“Sure! I’ll get up now th-aaah fuck”
“What’s wrong?!”
“My head hurts as hell” Allaryce chuckled softly “we had a blast yesterday, although now that I think of it I don’t remember much…”
“Me neither. Baby, I have to end the call, talk to you later. I love you”
“I love you too, kitten” Allaryce ended the call and walked to the bathroom.
***
“My head…” Helen looked at herself in the mirror, touching the bags under the eyes that she had. She grabbed pills for the headache and body cream.
“What the fuck happened last night? I’m so sore…” Tarah whimpered.
“I’m really sorry, I went too far. Come here, take the pill” Helen gave Tarah a glass of water and the pill.
“My butt hurts so much, I can’t even sit” Tarah pouted after taking the pill.
“I shouldn’t have been so harsh on you” Helen caressed Tarah’s arm softly.
“It’s not only your fault, I didn’t say the safeword.”
“Let me give you a massage. It’ll make you feel better”
“Hhhmmm… It does feel good, it’s cold and smells sweet” Tarah relaxed “Do you remember exactly what happened last night? Because I just remember kissing, drinking, going on stage and then waking up here”
“I have flashes in my mind too, I don’t remember it all. We really drank too much, that can’t happen again”
“Miss perfect can’t handle a hangove- auch! Hey!”
“You shouldn’t tease the person who is massaging your swollen butt” Helen chuckled “I remember the same as you, but also the taxi ride back home. We kissed in front of the driver and you tried to have some fun at the back, and he kicked us out. I’m so embarrassed”
“Holy shit” Tarah laughed “I can’t believe we did that. Did you pay him?”
“No, he drove away fast”
“At least it was free”
“Tarah”
“What?”
“That’s not okay, I’ll contact the taxi service tomorrow and go to apologize and pay”
“You really are polite” Tarah giggled “I just remembered that Allaryce had a fight with a man, but I don’t remember who he was and why…”
“Wait… I remember it! Oh my God, it was hilarious. Allaryce fought him becau-” Tarah’s phone rang and Helen grabbed it “speaking of the devil”
“Pick the call and put it on speaker mode, please”
“Sure. Hello Allaryce, how are you?”
“I feel like shit, my head is going to explode. How are you both? Did you get home safely?”
“Yeah, we did. Although I can’t even move, you remember what we did on stage?”
“What? Don’t you remember what you did, carrot? It was great actually” Allaryce chuckled.
“Please, tell me that we didn’t do anything too embarrassing… I hope there wasn’t anyone from the lawyer’s office”
“I mean… you fucking hit her with an evil stick”
“I did what?!”
“At the beginning, you were soft but as soon as the alcohol kicked in, you began taking suggestions from the people watching”
“Holy shit, Helen” Tarah chuckled “I know why it hurts so much now”
“I’m really sorry, the evil stick is very intense…” Helen kissed Tarah’s head “By the way, who give the idea of me using that?”
“Me” Allaryce laughed.
“You are so fucking mean! Why did you do that?!”
“Because you were yelling that everyone’s ideas were soft and they were all pussies"
“Shiiiiit”
“Anyways, do you remember something else?”
“Hhhhm… no, not really. I remember getting in the car and going back home with Naoko”
“Did you drive?! You were drunk!”
“Hey hey chill, lawyer. I wasn’t drunk when I drove back home, I wouldn’t ever put Naoko in danger. We went back home way after you, we spent a while in the club and then went home”
“Sorry” Helen smiled a little “How is Naoko?”
“She’s working, they called her in. Although she’ll be home soon, so I should keep cooking lunch. This afternoon we will go to buy furniture for the flat, do you want to come with us?”
“I can’t even sit thanks to you, asshole. How do you think I can get in a car?”
“That’s true. Do you want to come to Tarah’s then for a coffee or something after you buy everything?”
“Okay! That sounds good! See you later!” Allaryce ended the call.
***
Meanwhile, Minny was trying to call Allaryce.
“hello, I’m sorry I can’t pick your call now! Leave a message after the tune or call again later! Beeeeep”
“…Allaryce, it’s me, Minny. I just wanted to tell you that I’m going to confess Gina all the truth”
