"Eugene, I'm telling you one more time. I don't need you here. Just go home," Lydia's tone grew more impatient.

She had come out late to have a drink, clear her mind, and ease her frustrations, not to have Eugene hovering around, nagging her endlessly.

Eugene, however, didn't budge. Instead, he sat down beside her and opened a bottle of beer for himself.

"If you want to drink, then I'll drink with you. Whenever you've had enough and want to go home, I'll take you."

Lydia found herself at a loss for words. Suddenly, she no longer felt like drinking. She placed the bottle aside and looked at the men and women swaying wildly in the dance floor under the neon lights.

How she wished Quincy was the one beside her right now.

"Lydia, how about we head over and dance for a bit?" Eugene offered.

a shadow that refused to disappear. Or maybe it

was determined to cut that connection. He wanted Quincy to see them,

her head. "You go ahead. I just want to

going, then I'm staying right here. I only want to dance with you. I'm not even interested in looking

if testing the waters, his

as their fingertips were about to touch, Lydia abruptly

Eugene thought she was angry and was about to follow

"I'm just going to get some juice. I'll be right

had bought earlier, planning to

way to the bar. As she moved, a man sidled up to her, trying to make an

one to tolerate

high heel, stomped on his foot with all her might, grinding the

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