More inspiration

This photo from a couple years ago is the embodiment of the relationship between Carli and Zeke. Plain and simple...if he had a prosthetic left leg. The boot might hide it. And if he had a tattoo that goes up the left side of his body from his leg to his shoulder and arm.

I wish I had a photo like this for Alex Minsky, but the one I remembered of him and his ex-girlfriend is nowhere to be found. She did a dirty trick on him so it's probably for the best she's vanished into obscurity. But she's the reason we know he's circumcised and nicely endowed.

I went back into a chapter that dealt with some of Carli's self-reflection and doubt and toned that crap down, a lot. She thinks about what she's done, and agrees it's time to stop...but because she wants to build a life with Zeke. She does grow a bit concerned with how much she enjoyed killing Stasi, Grady, Nat and Spit...and wonders if she's addicted to it.

But then she sees his smile and all concerns go out the window...and she asks him to leave the area with her. I'm at the point where he's trying to decide what to do, but things are about to fly out of control thanks to Dax, the drug boss, doing something he should not have done.

I don't think what he does is a dumb move on his part; it's an instinctive one and automatic. He's an animal lashing out so doesn't think things through, and sets in motion events that will prove deadly, all the way around. I'm going with ending idea number 4, which is where Eldora realizes she has to shut this mess down in such a way as to finish it and protect herself.

Boy, does she ever.