38. NICE TO MEET YOU

Charles and Joseph met up at their usual joint where Joseph was downing alcohol uncontrollably. He was furious about the mess that backfired on him. He didn’t have the slightest doubt that his plan would fall through. He was confident.

“You should take it easy, you can always strategize again and shoot another shot. You will get sick if you down alcohol like that”, Charles warned, but he only responded with silence. “This is why I say you are pathetic sometimes, you let your emotion get the best of you. You should remain cool-headed all the time”, Charles lashed at him and removed the alcohol bottle from his front.

“Then what am I supposed to do? Laugh like a crazy being? Cry? Or whine? I can only take the anger out on the alcohol, so return my bottle!” he roared at Charles, who wasn’t even moved a bit. “If you get drunk this night, you will wake up with a blissful head-splitting headache tomorrow and the loss will still be there to stick its tongue right at you, in the face. Instead