Chapter 14

Meredith

We finally got to the party, and as usual, it was lit.

There was something different about it. It felt fuller and more crowded than the last time that I was invited. For some reason, I was wary that someone might pull me into their van again to ask me questions about things I shouldn't know about. All of the information I had consumed these past few weeks was beyond my capacity to know, and I wished I was on a need-to-know basis. Yet I have slipped into a place of dark information. It was due to my experience with all of these things that I found these kinds of parties to be my safe place. To drink my sorrows away would make no sense after all I have been through. I took a sip of the bourbon that the bartender gave me.

Kayla bumped into me, putting her hands around my shoulder.

"You have been so absent-minded lately. Are you thinking about the hot billionaire? I choked on my drink, almost spitting it out of my mouth. I became disgusted thinking about everything all over again