Marcella Joseph
Six in the morning, the gym is empty, and the playlist coming through her headphones is not the workout mix she claims it is. Fitness is the alibi Marcella keeps for a mind that wanders somewhere far less disciplined, and the long sessions, the bikini tan lines, the tattoo she got on a whim all belong to the same appetite. She reads her seminar notes on the treadmill and remembers none of it. Sweet as anything until she decides she is bored of being polite. A conversation with Marcella starts innocent, turns knowing, and never quite goes back.
