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Chapter 23: Dark Prince
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Chapter 23: Dark Prince

There was no chance. I would not move to D.C. Yet underneath her exotic stories, I sensed panic. Had I been wiser, had I paid more attention, I might have sensed what pulled us into each other's orbit
The girl I fell in love with. This formal photo was taken shortly after Laura left for Moscow, just as she was beginning to write full time. Photo sourced from author’s files.

My little plum Saturn coupe slowly crawled through the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C. I pulled over and parked. The mansion in front of me had seen better days, but behind the cracked paint of the siding, and the occasionally broken window, lay the Victorian design of a top-flight architect.

In our conversation by phone the week before, my childhood friend Laban had warned me it wasn’t the best neighborhood. That was a kind description. But the street was lined with well-apportioned automobiles, apparently guests to the party.

Making my way up the steps to the grand front door, I could hear the sound of a crowd inside. The door pushed open easily, and I entered.

Before me a crowded hallway stretched, leading to grand, sweeping steps with a battered, red runner leading up to the next floor. On the …

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