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Chapter 42: Business To Do
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2024-10-29 19:42:56"When do you plan to stop drinking?" Auton Smith, one of his friends in college asked when he took another shot of vodka.
Carden put the shot glass down and picked the bottle again to pour another one. He was inside one of the VIP rooms in a bar at the central, a few blocks away from Jackie's bar.
The room was dark, he was sitting on a U-shaped sofa with Auton and Uno on his opposite sides. They were both his friends from College, the first one was a musician, and the other is Farrah Evan's husband and the new CEO of Pacifica Airlines.
Although the thick walls separated them from the loud crowd, the distance was not too far and he could still the fun outside the dull room.
They had been drinking now for about an hour, or maybe, he is. He had been here, swi
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