Chapter 18: Genesis

Friday, Roarkshire Club, New York

9:00 pm, 20 years prior

His eyes dart around the small, crowded room. Sweat pours down his forehead as he swallows hard. His eyes finally land on the woman he had been searching for. A smile spreads over his thin lips making his already thin features appear skeletal. He squeezes through a group of people, uncomfortably.

As he approaches, another man swoops in and sits beside her. The woman's face lights up and she smiles at the large, muscular man. The other man's brown eyes drop to the floor when the man leans forward and kisses her neck. The look on her face makes him want her more.

She should be making that face for me!

He moves to leave the crowded establishment, but turns to take one last look in her direction.