Chapter 3
The opening went off without a hitch. Such things normally did because there was far too much money and power behind the scenes to allow for even a slight error. Still, DeVore never could break himself from worrying. He never quite trusted the public to receive his work with great enthusiasm either, but they did, every time.
As always, the crowds chafed, but he shut out most of the noise and bustle, concentrating instead on the previous evening’s surprising encounter with young Hardesty. He still could not fathom what about the younger man drew him, but he could not deny a near magnetic pull existed. It felt like an attraction and in some ways something even deeper, stronger. There was still the sense he’d known Tim before, although he knew that was impossible. He was still rem
