Chapter 77

The rest of the party went by in a blur. Xavier, Brian, and Jason had not left the table they had been at all night. They sat there, going on and on about the business they were looking to establish.

Somehow, to Jessica, it felt like he was just trying to avoid her because of their earlier interaction. Although Jessica had said she would get drunk, she did not think it would be possible until the cup touched her mouth.

She drank until she could no longer stay upright. She was slurring, but she could not stop talking or drinking.

“Why did you drink so much?” Leslie said in a fake cry.

“Did I drink?” Jessica said, with a series of stammers between her words.

“Yes, you did.”

“Oops,” she said, ending her sentence with a giggle.

“What’s wrong