Chapter fourteen: The Tattoo
Seshama pulled up in Shannon's Hummer and parked in front of the Gas Chamber. A small boy ran out of the Gas Chamber holding an action figure.
"Uncle Shannon!" He yelled. Seshama looked to the child and said,
"I'm sorry, I'm" The little boy yelled and ran off. A large man walked out of the shop and said,
"Jonathan what's wrong?" The little boy walked out from behind his father.
"She stole Uncle Shannon's car!" The man shook his head.
"You must be Seshama, Shannon said you were coming. I'm Shane, the tattoo artist." He held out his hand for her to shake. Seshama took his hand.
"I trust Shannon gave you the tattoo idea?" Shane smiled and laughed.
"Yea Chad has it in his folder." Seshama nodded and followed Shane inside. Tanya greeted Seshama with a sweet hello and a smile. Shane sat her down in a chair and said, "Do you want the curtain drawn?" He motioned to the black curtains held back with silver chains. Seshama shook her head and Shane quickly sketched what she wanted. He erased a few things until Seshama was happy with it. Seshama was left behind the curtain while she took off her shirt and bra and laid on her stomach on the chair. Shane came back in soon after and sat down in the chair. He got out the told he needed and began. Seshama winced once as the needle touched her skin. Her first tattoo. She spoke with Shane as he made the outline of the tiger. Seshama was so caught up in her conversation that neither she nor Shane noticed the clock hit 9:00. She had been there for 7 hours and the tiger outline was halfway done. The longest part was going to be the coloring. Seshama felt Shane clean off the rest of the ink and the blood one last time and he cleaned off her back. "There, I'll see you tomorrow." Seshama followed Shane to the register and paid for the work Shane had done. Seshama left and was on her way home.