“All right. But remember – he will see you back home by 11 o’clock. Are we clear about this?”Alas, Ellen was already running upstairs to write...a billet for Richard, asking him to accompany her that evening.The evening was a nightmare for Richard. He had been so happy to see Ellen again after weeks of excuses and downright snubs, but once they arrived at the Binnings’, Ellen had left him standing alone. He hardly knew anybody and most people were far senior to him. Most of the time he stood to. A loud clap of thunder confirmed her suspicion. At least she knew that the lights would return in a moment. She just stood there waiting for them.Despite it being pitch black, Melissa started to see stars. She felt out of breath, and a sharp yet somehow dull pain in her stomach. Her brain was slow to react in the sudden shock, but she still realized that she had just got hit–no, punched in the stomach. As she struggled to breathe after having the wind knocked out of her, she felt her purse. When we reached the club, John went to the bouncer and mentioned his reservation.After locating the request, bouncer let us in the club. Inside there was a reception. We took our coats off as it was pretty pleasant inside, the music sound was thumping from the inside, we could also see the lights mostly red and some blue and green coming out of the glass window in the door. The receptionist recognized that we were a new couple.She gave us a brief about the rules of the club. “Are you guys new. A very muscular young man would alight from the vehicle, always looking and checking about carefully before approaching Reznik’s door to wait for him, then hustle him into the SUV which would speed away. A couple of times she saw a different, scholarly young man, then a young woman, as both entered the absent Reznik’s residence, not only having keys but also both of them obviously knew the code to disarm the alarm system she knew to be installed there. When he was at home he joined in community.