The pitch of the Italian engine invaded the ears, the wind pressed hard against the cheeks and caressed the hair, the expensive fabrics of the sits were agreeable to the touch and cradled Velma. The sense of velocity was insane; for the first few minutes; after a while it became joy, the funneled vision gave way to a world of bloody dreams if only for just the briefest of moment as the breath of the engine took hold again.
The Ferrari progressed through the empty night asphalt of the highway. On the horizon it was possible to look at the orange and yellow lights of Sacramento.
The engine pressed further as another gear was shifted and in just a few minutes the car entered the city proper. The streets were empty and deserted, only the roar of the charging horse could be heard breaking the sepulchral peace.
Velma looked to her left side and saw the middle aged man’s skin, it was stretched thin as if pulled, and the tan was unnatural, almost artificial, the eyes were tired and wrapped around the wrist was an expensive looking Carthier, he stood almost formal through the entire travel only the occasional caress when he went for a shift or the more polite smile, for her part Velma stood silent and just enjoyed...
The Italian Red stopped in front of the hotel. White emaciated legs left the car first, and after them came a vicious blue eyed beauty who waited for her current date.
They both went up, but after a few hours only the blue eyed beauty came down. The Vallet went for the car, but the girl blew it a kiss of goodbye, and waved.
Behind her came the bellman with the expensive looking Louis Vuitton in his hand, the woman gestured towards the taxi that seemed to be waiting. As she gracefully made her way inside she instinctively looked inside her handbag.
A thick roll of hundred dollar bills, an expensive Carthier and an image from an old newspaper with a picture of a beautiful songstress in a swing in one of those burlesque shows from the twenties.
Finally!
Sacramento!
Velma thought as she licked her lips from her last meal.