Prologue

The club was full. Sweaty bodies grinding against each other in the privacy of the dimly lit room, caught only when the colorful flashes of light found you. I was observing a young girl being seduced by a man who obviously wanted only one thing from the girl, when I saw him.

He had dirty blond curls, a handsome face and a body to die for. From that moment on he captured my attention, when I lost sight of him my eyes immediately searched for him. I tried to ignore this demanding hunger deep inside of me, I really did, but just like last time I was too weak.
I made eyecontact with him every chance I got, and after a few coy smiles and fluttering my lashes I got him hooked. He sat next to me on a barstool ordering drinks for me while his hands were caressing my hips under my top. Two drinks and he got bolder, hands were kneeding the flesh of my thighs and lips slurred filthy things in my ears. And the only thing that interested me was his golden ring, normally it would be a stop sign but it called to me, it angered me, it taunted me with it's brightness.
Like always I pretended to be tired and like the ones before him, he offered to take me home. He did the routine and stopped the car in a dark alley in the Narrows. He looked at me then, waiting for me to start the fun. If he only knew what kind of fun satisfied me.
The moment he looked into my eyes his face morphed into a more familiar face with a big smile on it.
- Why did you bring me here Jackie?
His lips moved, but I didn't hear his voice only a haunting laugh that made my soul cry out in pain.
- You said you wouldn't leave me, but you went back to her! Why? Please tell me why!
The cruel smile that he wore on his face the last time we met was in place on his handsomely scarred face. The smile mocked me, he never smiled that way in front of Ellie, the bitch. Ellie always got the sweet smiles, the loving stares and the soft kisses. I wanted those things too damn it.
- I'm so lonely Jackie! Will you stay this time?
The only answer I got was a loud laugh, he dared laugh at me after all this time. Unfortunately for him I wasn't the weak little idiot from back then, this time I would fight back.
- You're always laughing at me Jackie, why can't you understand it, I love you!
I sat myself on his lap and hugged him around his neck, my legs wrapped around his waist, he returned the embrace.
- Your hands are so soft and warm and I just can't let you go!
In no time the loving embrace turned into a suffocating one. His pale skin took on a nice shade of purple, it was beautiful.
I slid the ring off of his finger, it was a reminder for me, it reminded me that he wasn't mine to love.
The streets of Gotham were silent only a few homeless drunks shouting out their misery to the world to hear. All in all it was a beautiful night.