Getting Attached
A muffled voice can be heard through the garage door encrusted with chipped paint and dirt. Dim light spills through smudgy windows. Inside, Willis Macer paces back and forth as he speaks to the person sitting in the chair below him. As he walks, a 9mm sways loosely between his fingers and thumb. As his right hand supports the firearm, his left gestures thoughtfully in time with his voice. "I'm glad you've read the book and seen the movie, you know, because a lot of people have just seen the movie. In my opinion, the book does a great job of explaining the protagonist's psyche. You don't get a lot of that in the movie." The man in the chair has rope at his feet. Rope also lies on his lap where it previously bound his hands to the arms of the chair. The skin around his mouth is red where duct tape used to bind his lips. Bits of his moustache remain on the old tape, now in the trashcan in the fa...