| As Nick Hines arose at 5 a.m. on March 28, 2005, other than the fact that it was his thirtieth birthday, the day ahead held no promise of being anything more than ordinary. He was up, as usual, before the rest of his family, and after a quick breakfast he would head out the door and make his way down Route 47 to Montrose. It was just a typical Monday in every way, except that this Monday was to end with cake and ice cream after supper. Long before the birthday party though, Nick’s ordered life would begin a spiraling downslide into chaos.
The changes in his life were about to begin, as he sat at the only traffic signal in Montrose, watching the red glow of the light, and wondering how he managed to get caught by a traffic light that never turned red. But, today it had, and as he sat awaiting the green, he looked left up High Street, and his life began changing immediately. The beginning was innocent enough, to all outward appearances, but what lay beneath the surface–was horrific. Nick Hines, for whatever reason, and totally unbeknownst to him, had become the subject of - The Wager.
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