I was not as drunk as my friends. I was worried that if everyone was drunk, then no one could take care of us. So, I stopped drinking when I was half drunk.
My phone rang. Sebastian called, angry, "Where are you?"
It dawned upon me that I had left the company with Linda right after wor. I forgot to cook! Could it be that he didn't get himself dinner?
Cold trickled down my spine. Everything else receded into the background. I stood up. "Mr. Milton, I'm sorry. I went out with my friends tonight. I-"
"I'm asking you where you are."
I cut my explanation off and said slowly, "Mulbee Road, Ultimate Bar."
"Who are you with?" He sounded so angry.
"Linda and Naomi."
I answered honestly.
After a while, I said, "Mr. Milton, have you eaten..."
He hung up, so he didn't hear what I said at all.
Seeing that I was on the phone, Naomi, who was already drunk, grabbed my cell phone, "Who are you calling? Are you calling Hendrix?"
As she spoke, she snatched my phone away. While fiddling with my phone, she said, "You should call him and ask him to come over and leave Miss Zanes. He is your man. Why should you let your man take care of other women?"
I dropped my forehead to my hand, helpless. My head was spinning because of the wine, but I still managed to maneuver her back to the couch.
Linda's behavior after drinking was the opposite. She merely laid on the couch quietly, unlike Naomi who was meddling
I got up to pour her some water, a little dizzy. It seemed that I drank a little too much as well.
"Hendrix, your woman is drunk. Are you going to come over and take care of her?"
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