Seven-X

Seven-X by Mike Wech

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my hand like two-sided tape on a Christmas present. 
    Looking down my cards had formed the shape of a cross. They looked three dimensional, reaching out to me, calling my future. Sandra flipped the first one over, saying,  “The Tower.”
    What a wild image. It looked like something from the end of the world, a cosmic event from some sci-fi movie.
    “What does it mean?” I asked.
    “The Tower means that you feel disruption in your life and you’re afraid that the change you are about to go through, will be catastrophic.”
    “Yes,” I told her. “Strange things have been happening lately. And I can’t figure them out.” 
    “This will force new directions you never dreamed possible, Eddie. Your solution isn’t what you expect. So be open to new realms of possibility. Let’s see what you want most,” she said, turning the next card over.
    “Oh! You chose The Lovers.” Her timing couldn’t have been any better. When she flipped that card, Diana entered wearing a long, black silk robe, tied loose enough to reveal a black-laced bra and panties underneath.
    “Lovers,” Diana groaned, as she slipped in next to me on the purple couch and took a long hit off the pipe. “She’s good.”
    “I see,” I replied, making the most of the opportunity by rubbing my hand along her leg, while dreaming of that cosmic intertwining of bodies that I saw on the card. Diana moaned and began singing along to Riders on The Storm , while Sandra continued my reading.
    “It’s not about sex, Eddie,” Sandra told me. “The lovers tell me what you really want right now is to know what choice to make. Stay where you are or take a risk?”
    “Do you like taking risks Eddie,” Diana whispered into my ear. “Dare to live.”
    Sandra crossed her legs back knowingly, revealing those red panties as she flipped the next card. Judgment.
    “This is your fear. Judgment” 
    “ Am I being judged?” I asked.
    “ No,” Sandra replied earnestly. 
    “Not by me,” Diana chimed in, working her hand across my leg softly, and then down to the table, to grab herself a beer.
    Sandra continued, very focused, “What it means is that you’re afraid the conclusion you want is being delayed. You fear big changes ahead of you. Things aren’t turning out the way you expected, for some reason.” 
    “Yeah. That’s kind of true,” I said.
    “Well, we can change that,” Diana moaned, kissing my ear, bringing my attention to her. “What are you expecting?”
    I tried to focus on the cards, but my mind was swimming in the possibility of expectation. What Sandra said made some sense as she continued. 
    “Your routine will be changed dramatically. Don’t be afraid. The choice you make will change your life for the better.”
    “You sure?” I asked. 
    Something about Sandra seemed genuine. She had this innocent face. But I knew she wasn’t that innocent, so I probed, asking, “Did I tell you why I’m here? About my investigation in Uphir. At the secret mental institution. How they are testing missing death row prisoners.”
    “No?” Sandra replied.
    “You know where Uphir is? I asked.
    “No. Never heard of it.”
    “You?” I asked Diana.
    “Nope. Sounds cool though, Diana responded. “Is it like Shutter Island ?”
    “I guess,” I told her, noticing her hand on my thigh. “Some things happened there, and I don’t know if it’s safe to go back.”
    “Total Shutter Island ,” Diana laughed, taking another hit off the pipe, then blowing the smoke into my mouth sensuously. “You be careful.”
    “We can see what you have going for you, Eddie, “Sandra told me. “This is your power card. Your intervention. The Emperor. That’s good. It means you’re self-assured. You’re capable of influencing people or events to achieve what you want.”
    “What do you want?” Diana seductively asked.
    “Other than you,” I joked. 
    “Yes,” she replied, to which Sandra added, “Your real desire. In your heart, not your

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