Chapter 243 The Pill

(Thomas)

I made my way through the crowd toward the bar, walking around the clusters of people dancing and drinking under the flashing lights.

It was too loud to think and the music was pounding relentlessly in my ears, but my focus was on one thing, which was getting the drinks and going back to Lydia. I could tell she was nervous when I left her, and I didn’t want to leave her alone for long.

As I reached the bar, I ordered our favorite drinks. It was almost instinctual, her favorite drink, a gin and tonic with a twist of lime, and mine, an old fashioned. The memory came back to me in another flash of me ordering the same thing, many, many times before. I remembered the details and it felt strange, the familiarity of something as simple as a drink order amidst the chaos of this party.

I leaned against the counter, glancing around while I waited for the drinks. The bar area was just as packed as the rest of the mansion. People were crowding around, some laughing and others clearly in