Revenge: Parts Three and Four

Read Parts One and Two here.

III. No Such Things

I’ll never forget the eager spark in Genie’s eyes when she first showed me the book.

“I met this guy at a bar the other day. He gave me this,” she told me as she dropped the book on my desk. I twisted in my chair to look at it.

“An old book?” I said, running my fingers over the worn, leather cover. “Usually they just buy you a drink.”

“It’s not like that,” she insisted. “Although he is gorgeous—probably the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. Ta...