The Final Call

Willow kneels on the hotel carpet, the latex dress tight, the cage locked, as David's thumb hovers over Claire's contact. He presses call and puts the phone on speaker, his hand firm in Willow's hair, and when Claire answers, he says, 'Neither Warren nor Willow will ever return to you.' Willow hears Claire's sharp intake of breath, then the click of the line going dead, and David tilts her chin up, waiting for her to accept that the man she was is gone.