Chapter Nine
Reggie had never been a fan of opera or theater or anything like that. He was a simple man from a simple family. School, football, work. That was the progression of his life, broken up by simple pleasures. Video games, food, the occasional beer.
Still, there was always a part of him intrigued by the theater. The costumes, the lights, the audience, the thrill of putting yourself up there, in front of anyone, becoming someone else. In another life, he thought he could have pursued the stage.
This wasn’t how he imagined breaking into acting.
The Notches plummeted twenty feet through the auditorium, past the murals of angels and naked people dancing through vineyards, past the rich folk clutching their pearls, and slammed onto the stage.
They all felt newly concussed and brok
