Jacqueline Rainey

30 The Dragonfly Catcher Jacqueline Rainey

CaSandra is a completely self-absorbed woman who looks upon the opposite sex not as men, but as objects to be used for her own sordid gratification. When she's not referring to them as "dragonflies," she classifies them with the dismissive phrase, "testosterone and cologne." A manipulative, narcissistic woman who is usually in control, CaSandra's disastrous 30-year relationship with a married "dragonfly" ultimately leads to an irreparable personality schism. As a result, CaSandra, becomes fixated on the number 30. She is burned by 30 "dragonflies." She will attract 30 "dragonflies" to her home, sending nearly all of them away for "incompatibility" before she will allow the 30th one to succeed in his "begging" in order to perform the carnal ministrations she chooses to direct. She plans only 30 visits to her psychiatrist before she abruptly ends them. She spends 30 days in a coma before regaining consciousness. "Our minds love to play tricks on us even when our eyes are wide open. Imagine what they can do to us when they are closed?"