|Javier| It wasn’t new for me to step into a place like this. Clubs like these had always been my escape—when I craved noise, distraction, and strong liquor. Most of the time, I preferred silence, drinking alone in my office with only the sound of my own thoughts. But there were nights when I needed the trance, the chaos, the crowd. Tonight, however, wasn’t one of those nights. The moment I stepped inside the club, I was greeted by flashing strobe lights, the suffocating mix of alcohol and cigarette smoke, blaring music, and a mass of bodies moving to the beat. I had just come from a late-night meeting and expected my wife to be home by the time I returned to the penthouse. Imagine my shock when I arrived and found no trace of her. At first, I thought something might’ve happened to h