Prologue
Tunnel vision. His eyes lock with yours and suddenly you can’t look away. His dark orbs bore so deep, almost like he was challenging you. You’d never even seen this man before, and you thought you knew everyone in the small town of Riverdale, especially considering your family was it’s legacy.
In the blink of an eye he’s off. The strange man, dressed as a server, half walking, half running down the hallways of La Bon Nuit toward the offices and stock room. You don’t know why but your gut is saying he’s up to something. So you follow him. Down the hallway. Around the corner, past the office and towards the exit ladder leading up to ground level, where the storm cellar was on the side of Pop’s by the dumpsters. He’s trying to make an escape.
The man grabs onto the ladder and steps up to exit.
“What are you doing?!” you shout.
Even though you’re the only two in the area, your heart is beating so loud you can hardly hear.
You barely process how he stops and looks back at you before the -
BAANG