Page 29 of Adam & Eve

to him in a hushed tone, kissed his cheek, got in her car and he watched her drive off, before

turning to leave.

I checked my wallet and counted thirteen-hundred-dollars. I thought about bribing him for

more info on her and how often she went to the place called INFERNO but decided against it. The

suit that he wore looked just as expensive as my own, and they seemed to know one another. If I

questioned him, and he turned down the money, he could tell her I’d been asking questions. He

could have easily described me to her. Then she’d know I’d seen her. I put the money back in my

wallet then put it away. I decided to wait. I decided I would follow her again the next Saturday to

see if she returned to the club, but she didn’t.

Three weeks passed before she went out again. I’d only been parked in the driveway of the

empty house across the street from her house for a short while. She was wearing simple jeans and

a t-shirt when she exited the house. I thought she was about to run an errand. I would have gone

home, thinking I’d wasted another Saturday if I hadn’t noticed her duffle bag. She threw it in the

back of her car and drove off. She drove to the gas station down the street from her house where

she filled her car with gas.

I followed her to I-4 North, heading to Orlando. An hour and a half she drove without

stopping. She pulled up alongside a ranch-style home that was surrounded by acres of land. The

yard and driveway were filled with cars and people. She got out of her car only when the guard I

recognized from the club knocked on the window. He led her inside. I got out of my car, and even

though lots of people milled around, I decided against going inside. I didn’t want to be spotted. I

walked around the side of the house. All the windows were opened, and the song from the club

filled the air. I followed it to the back of the house. I saw only flashes of Eve, as so many people

stood around trying to get a glimpse of her, too. She was dancing again, and yet again, it was over

as quickly as it had begun.

“Do you know who she is?” I asked the slender built Hispanic man who stood next to me.

He eyed me suspiciously before answering. “That’s Eve. You must be new to the scene?”

I was confused. “New to what?”

“The Taboo Community. Everybody here is an exhibitionist, a nudist, voyeurs, or swingers.

The freaks of nature, man. Why are you even here if you don’t know anything?”

“I came to see her,” I answered honestly.