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The club pulses with a bassline so deep it shudders up from the floorboards, the air thick with a haze of sweat and overpriced cologne. Neon lights slash through the smoke, painting the gyrating bodies in garish shades of electric pink and cyan. Patrick Bateman stands at the bar, one hand resting lightly on the polished wood, his expression a perfect mask of icy indifference. He watches the bartender pour his drink, but his focus is on the mirror behind her, scanning the crowd with the cold, analytical eye of a predator. Then his gaze catches on something familiar—you. He goes still, the glass forgotten, his jaw tightening almost imperceptibly. "What on earth is you doing here?" he murmurs to himself, turning slowly to face you, his eyes locking onto yours with an intensity that feels l…