2. Prologue

Prologue

Theo

I 'm waiting in my car, eating a crappy frozen yogurt. Who eats this stuff anyway? Well, actually, the love of my life does. That's why I bought this one to try out. She's such a fan of this place that she visits up to three times a week. Thankfully, she follows a strict schedule, otherwise it wouldn't be so easy to follow her around.

Oh, yeah. I forgot to mention that I'm stalking Helene Hudson. Yes, she's the love of my life. I knew that from the first moment that I saw her on social media. That's not really important. What's important is that she's happy today and looking fine. Her sister Marguerite is with her, and they appear to be gossiping.

I love seeing Helene like this, carefree and seemingly without a worry in the world. I mean, she's got to have things figured out, right? One of us better have.

I get out of the car and toss the yogurt in the trash. I'll have to introduce her to real ice cream. My phone vibrates in my pocket, and I take it out. It's from one of my partners at Midnight Heat.

Ignoring the message, I get back in my car and wait for my girl and her sister to leave the yogurt shop. She's got yoga tonight, and I'm rather excited. The class was full, so I wasn't able to get in until this past week. I always go to the back of the class so that no one pays me much attention, but a lot of the women there want to flirt after class.

It doesn't matter because I need to be closer to Helene, so I put up with the flirting and propositions from the women there. The chance to be so close to her that I might be able to touch her is something I don't take for granted. She's tall and lithe and knows her yoga well. I'm thinking of asking her to help me with my poses. It would be a way into her life, but I can't do that. Eventually, she'll have to meet the real me and know I've lied.

Helene and her sister leave the shop, and I move to follow them. They jump into the sister's car. It's time for yoga.

Tonight, I'll dream about her again and look for a way to find out why she hasn't contacted me yet.