Cleopatra

Chapter 1 – Cleopatra

LATE ON a moonless night.

Bedsprings are squeaking in a constant rhythm, and gasps and groans are coming from a narrow window high up on the wall of a stand-alone garage.

The squeaking accelerates.

February 23, 1974

TOO DARK to recognize the young man and young woman going at it in the loft above the garage. The sex soon culminates with outcries of delight, followed by heavy breathing while they recover.

Moments pass.

“I need more nectar,” the young woman says.

The reque...