Chương 58: Ch 33a – Memory: Party

She scans the room. The largest group occupy the prime space by the table overloaded with beer, cider, wine, and two horrendously cheap looking bottles of vodka. Her gut twists, warning her against sampling the clear liquid in the generic Russian-labelled bottles. A raucous laugh erupts. The tall blonde in the tight-fitting rugby top playfully hooks an elbow around the shorter guy next to him and ruffles his hair. The group laugh again. Someone raises a beer can and jeers.

Five or six hands clutching cans join the one being waved in the air. Unimpressed she moves to observe the group of three girls. They are pretending not to watch the rugby boys whilst simultaneously discussing every detail about the guys. The freshly dyed red head puts a suggestive hand on her hip, twisting her body to angle towards the tall blonde guy. If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it's taken without the author's consent. Report it. Cara rolls her eyes and checks her watch. Thirty-seven minutes.

She'd promised Sarah she would stay for a least an hour. She scans the room again. Sarah had disappeared shortly after thrusting the warm can of cider into her hand. She probably won't notice if Cara leaves now. The rugby group start chanting for shots. She puts her can on the mantlepiece and side steps the girl's pointy elbow as she makes her way to the door.