CHAPTER 40

DARLENE

There was no better way to forget your problems than a night of irresponsible drinking. So, once Laura and I had hit the bar downtown, there was no telling that I was going to be on my worst behavior.

And with someone just as irresponsibily behaved as Laura, it was my lucky day of freedom.

The music in the Bar was very loud and everywhere blared with a mix of Millennial and Gen Z music vibes. Purple and pink lights swarmed all around me, illuminating the entire room and shading everywhere with my favourite colour of sin. I could barely catch a thorough view of the environment, because my mind was fucked and occupied with many other things — including alcohol — but the fancy lights, loud music, and many people were all juggled and mixed up in my head.

I had never felt this much euphoria before. For what seemed like an eternity, I had finally tapped back into a side of me that I thought was long forgotten — a part of me that was brewing with the most insane kind of happiness, th