Chapter 14
The moon shone through the clear glass panels that made the entirety of the back wall of the house. The light dimly illuminated a showroom filled with sports cars and in the corner a small wine room. Marlon opened the door and came out with a bottle of wine and an opener. He closed the door behind himself as he went to a king-sized bed sandwiched between the wine room and one of the shiny sports cars. Courtney was looking down with slightly red sclera around the blue irises of her eyes. He sat down, a couple feet from her, and screwed the opener into the cork. He began to pop it out, but the cork broke in half. "Fuck!" he swore. He pushed the cork into the bottle until it popped in and wine spurted out. "Damnit." He took a slip. “Bleh,” he coughed. "Marlon " she said, "I'm sorry, I-" "Just drink," he said, handing her the wine bottle. She took a small sip before passing it back. She couldn’t taste the cork, but she