I said yes.

I said yes because the quiet voice, which I was finally obeying, told me that this was the night the whole thing would finally show its face, and that I needed to be there, awake, with a camera running, to catch it when it did.

Chapter 6 — The Fourth Dinner

The two guests were waiting when we arrived — men I did not know, introduced as Gregory and Samuel, and Samuel watched me, all evening, in a way that made my skin crawl.

Raymond poured me a glass of wine himself and put it directly into my hand.