Mercy

Patrick #1 comes home from Germany because he cheats on his girlfriend.

Patrick #1 is the love of Mercy's life, although he is gay, although he has never been faithful to a man or woman his entire life.

Patrick #1 went to Germany with his girlfriend because he is always having girlfriends, Patrick #1 won't simply have a boyfriend, he wants to have a girlfriend, he says he likes the close company of women, he likes how women's faces look when he cums in their mouths, its better than boys, he says, but by boys he refers to grown men, Polar Bears, the category is on his various networking sites to instantly find men to hook up like Smusher or Smasher or whatever it is called. There are many, Patrick #1 reminds her, there are many different ways to find who you are looking for.

Patrick #1 loves Polar Bears, older man that are hairy, covered with white hair, I don't like pot bellies, though, I'm not trying to fuck a stove for heaven's sake Patrick tells her.

But Patrick #1, he likes to date women, to live with women as lovers, they are so smooth normally, they just slide all over you, you know what I mean, I love smooth bodies on women, I like talking to women, the smell of them, they keep the house clean, they are cute and like to shop.

Mercy doesn't understand, because she is none of those things, she is not what Patrick #1 says he likes at all, Mercy is not those women.

Patrick #1 dated a girl and followed her to Germany and then, of course, cheated on her through polarbearsinberlin.com but also with a red-haired old prostitute that was smoking a cigarette in a window, staring sadly, her name was Amber and she spoke almost no German but she had a thick face and dark lines that told you how much she smoked. Her voice was low and surprising and scratchy and so was her throat, Patrick #1 says to Mercy, so was her throat.

Patrick #1 cheats on his girlfriend and is kicked out of the house after telling her because this is what always happens, he cheats and then the guilt and then he calls Mercy. Mercy bolts upright in the middle of the night at the sound of her phone, no one calls her in the middle of the night ever, and it is Patrick #1 crying, saying he shit his pants walking back to his apartment because he is so drunk he smells like shit and his girlfriend won't talk to him, his girlfriend won't speak to him, because he is drunk and smells like shit and has fucked two separate people and Jesus, enough with these girlfriends! Mercy says, enough with these Polar Bears, get your shit together! and Patrick #1 laughs, as if satan lives inside of his bowels.

Patrick #1 moves back to the states after his girlfriend kicks him out, kicks him out of Berlin, tells him the city is not big enough for both of them and that he needs to go back to the states. He doesn't disagree, he takes two days to sober up, quit his job, ship his things, make an arrangement (calling Mercy) and flew back without saying good bye to her, while she was at work teaching English as a second language to business men that tried to fuck her, who she resisted, who she may not resist any longer now that he was out of the picture.

Patrick #1 is back in town, of course he is, Mercy thinks, my father is dying and Patrick #1 is back in town. Mercy's father is wearing a huge white curly disco wig from the '70's while napping with his mouth open. It scares Mercy so much that she wiggles his feet until he moves a little, the wig staying in perfect place, his mouth closing so he doesn't look like he's dead.