It was a high hotel adorned with glass. It sparkled triumphant amidst the crime below.
I got on the elevator and two businessmen joined me. We started the journey up and the two talked about how tired they were. I let the back wall support me. Then then elevator came to a stop, but none of us had selected this floor.
When the doors parted, we were not greeted by the usual hallway and planters but the floor opened to an ever expanding room. An open space with columns and arches. There was music playing in the background and people talking and some slowly dancing. A hypnotic scene. At our edge of the throng against a column was a chair. There was a woman in her early twenties sitting in it with her hands in handcuffs behind the chair's back. We were too far away to make out her face but she was wearing a very expensive dress. It was blue satin just above the knee. She was adorned with high heels and I now remember her ankles where tied to the legs of the chair. Her left leg slightly pulled at the restraint. There were four men about her wearing tuxes with bow ties askew and they were holding drinks and talking excitedly amongst themselves. One of them leaned down and grabbed her by the back of the head and kissed her deeply. She complied in kind. One of the businessmen with me said in a hushed tone. “OMG, what do you think?” The other replied. “I have no idea.” Then the doors closed and the rest is history. But I'll never forget the scene.