(In case you guys forgot the side stories and want to reread it, it spans from Chapter 206 to 214 and Chapter 264 to 272. This is the continuation.)
The bass from the speakers vibrated in the soles of my shoes, but it felt like it was coming from miles away. I stood there, swaying, my skin slick with a heat that no evening breeze could cool. My eyes strained to focus, and that's when I saw them.
The four of them were lined up at the bar like a firing squad in silk ties. They looked bored, detached, their AirPods cutting them off from the screeching hypocrisy of the party. It was the one place I shouldn't be, yet my legs had brought me right to the center of the trap.
