Your rise to fame and riches was a quick one. Everyone wanted to know how you had done it, including Derek.

So, at a mutual friend’s party, he didn’t hesitate on approaching you. Standing outside of a crowded house, you stood alone in the dark, taking a breather before you went back in to appease more eager people, all wanting to speak to you.

Derek got to you first. He stood a few feet in front of you, offering you a glass of wine. “…Do you drink?”