Synopsis

The group arrived at their shared apartment in Paris. Among them were Ace, a striking young man of twenty-three; Mallory, barely nineteen and seemingly untouched by experience; Simon, eighteen years old and hailing from Ireland; Chris, brimming with an easy confidence at twenty-two; the affable Leah, also twenty-two; Christina, who had previously worked as a cocktail waitress, now twenty-four; and Adam, twenty-three, son of a musician in the Commodores.[16] Soon after settling in, conversations