Parmigiano - Reggiano

Ceasar checked into a hotel on a Monday. The fallout from his broken relationship with Shannon was written all over his weathered face.

The first thing he did was phone his brother in Tulsa - then his sister in Medicine Hat. She wasn't in so he left a message.

"Layla, it's Ceasar. I wanted to tell you that whatever happens to me, that I love you and Dominic... You were always a strong woman, and you deserve all the happiness in the world. Goodbye."

He hung up the receiver.

He was hungry, so he ordered the Veal Parmigiano from room service; then he walked into the bathroom and shaved his head and eyebrows.

Unpacking the contents of his suitcase, he placed a revolver under the pillow on the bed.

When the food came, he tipped the bell hop, ate his dinner in the dark, then fell asleep.

That night he dreamt of ancient times, and the way that people act when riding subways... the way their eyes stare at nothing.