Chapter 3

He ended the note with his email address and clicked ‘send.’ He sat for a minute still studying Charlie’s pictures and wondering what he was getting himself into.

For the next few days, Darrin found he was eager to check his emails to see if Charlie had responded and sent him a picture. He figured he could just ignore any further communication with the guy if Charlie turned out to be a troll. Darrin would just ghost him. Darrin would disappear without a word, as was the protocol for sites like this. After a week nothing had appeared in his inbox. He shrugged it off and put Charlie out of his mind.

Then one night, while riding home from rehearsal on the subway, Darrin checked his emails on his smartphone. There was a message notice from Bear Cave. He would wait until he got home to read it. For the rest of the trip an unbidden feeling of excitement stole over him.