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After they left,
Mrs. Harrington apologetically took my hand.
“Leo, please go pick Maya up tonight.”
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“She’s been spoiled, but I believe she loves you most. She and those kids are just friends. I’ll talk to her later.”
“If she’s not back by eleven, please go check on her. I’m begging you, as a
mother.”
At eleven that night, Maya still wasn’t back.
She wasn’t answering her phone either.
Seeing Mrs. Harrington’s worried look,
I still went to the busiest bar.
Loud, pulsating music pounded against my eardrums.
It gave a sense of reckless abandon, of forgetting everything.
Some men and women were even kissing passionately.
I walked past several spacious booths but couldn’t find Maya’s group.
Just as I was about to give up and head to the next bar,
I heard someone exclaim,
“Look, look! They’re having so much fun over there, it’s wild!”
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I followed his gaze,
Bingo. Five men and one woman, with intimate gestures.
It was Maya’s group, and their table was covered in empty bottles.
Maya, as the only “princess” in their group, sat in the center.
Several men sat around her.
From a distance, it looked like Maya and five male models.
A few of the men closest to her had their arms hooked around her
shoulders.
Maya tried to check her phone, but Asher snatched it away.
Asher put his arm around her neck, raising the bottle in his hand.
Everyone was used to it.
No one ever thought there was anything wrong with such behavior.
They even stood up and cheered them on.
“Looks like they lost a dare and have to do a mouth–to–mouth shot.”
“They really know how to party! I’ve been watching that table for a while; that woman is super open when she’s having fun.”
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“She must be drunk.”
Everyone wore an ambiguous smile. I didn’t.
I pulled out my phone and took a few quick pictures.
And recorded a video, too.
Anyway, this kind of boundary–crossing behavior had happened many
times before.
I wasn’t in a rush this time.
