{"product_id":"greedy-hands","title":"Greedy Hands (Digital)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"21\" data-end=\"27\"\u003eHands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"29\" data-end=\"59\"\u003eThey’re greedy little suckers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"98\"\u003eAt least, that’s what Boris believes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"271\"\u003eEvery morning at exactly the same time, he walks three blocks to Rosa’s coffee shop, dressed immaculately, rehearsed to perfection, and ready to admire the woman he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"273\" data-end=\"289\"\u003eFrancis Goodwin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"291\" data-end=\"299\"\u003eFrankie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"324\"\u003eOnly he calls her that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"326\" data-end=\"615\"\u003eFrom his carefully chosen table — the third from the door — Boris watches her move through the café with honeyed curls, red lipstick, and soft, subtle dances to the same quarter-past-eight song. To him, every glance is a signal. Every hesitation is desire. Every protest is playful denial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"617\" data-end=\"663\"\u003eBecause in Boris’s mind, they belong together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"676\"\u003eCompletely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"836\"\u003eWhen other men speak to her, laugh with her, lean too close to the counter — their hands become the enemy. Greedy. Filthy. Reaching for something that is his.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"838\" data-end=\"863\"\u003eAnd Boris does not share.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"1094\"\u003eAs the days pass, his devotion deepens into something far more suffocating. He memorizes her schedule. Watches her window at night. Plants olive trees beneath her apartment as symbols of a future she doesn’t know she’s agreed to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1096\" data-end=\"1134\"\u003eBut roots grow best in disturbed soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1136\" data-end=\"1321\"\u003eDarkly intimate and chillingly unreliable, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1195\"\u003eGreedy Hands\u003c\/strong\u003e is a psychological short story told from inside the mind of a man who mistakes obsession for love and possession for destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1323\" data-end=\"1402\"\u003eSeductive in tone. Disturbing in execution. Unsettling in its quiet escalation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1404\" data-end=\"1481\"\u003eBecause sometimes the most dangerous villains aren’t monsters in the shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1483\" data-end=\"1537\"\u003eThey’re the ones smiling across the coffee shop table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1539\" data-end=\"1571\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eAnd their hands are never still.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nikki Lockwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50566227525865,"sku":null,"price":1.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0797\/3496\/4457\/files\/Tenseebookcoverwithhandsagainstglasssurface.jpg?v=1772419689","url":"https:\/\/nikkilockwood.com\/products\/greedy-hands","provider":"Nikki Lockwood","version":"1.0","type":"link"}