It has been a few years since he had drunk like this. He
felt the world swaying all around but he didn’t care all that much. He was in the
company of total strangers. Strangers he had met just tonight in this party
thrown for someone who’s name escapes him at the moment.
These strangers weren’t all
that bad to look at, he thought to himself as he gulped another shot of
Tequilla or at least what he thought was Tequilla. The three ladies fawning him and pushing him to drink more barely had
anything to cover their mostly bustling parts. He had to laugh at that somehow
, how the hell do their bodies fit into
those flimsy things?
“So there you are!
I have been looking all over for you. It’s time you gave a toast.” An
unfamiliar voice shouted at him. It seemed liked thunder to his ears. It came
from a balding man whose chin made up for his lack of hair. “Hurry up the crowd
ain’t going to wait forever you know”
A toast? What the hell? He remembered he
could cudgel up a few words. A few words that would seem very generic enough so
as not to draw any attention to the fact that he had no idea whatsoever about
what he was saying.
“I’m coming” he said and even that seemed to make a ringing
in his ears. What was wrong? he asked but he wasn’t sure about what it was.
Surprise , surprise , he said to himself. “Now ladies you just stay there ok? I
gotta do this thing and were back to guzzling…he looked at the half empty
bottle in his hand as if just noticing it for the first time…whatever this
stuff is.”
The Chinny bald guy
propped him up. He was mumbling something about this being a private party ,
celebrating someone’s love and such and such...whatever you do don’t mention
anything about Ted’s 3 other wives.
Whoa! So this was Ted Patros party , his
fourth wedding , what the hell! Gotta hand it to him he thought , its
almost dawn , then he remembered Alina , the gorgeous fourth wife who was into
Chill out parties. A chill out dawn break wedding. That definitely weeded out all
the old and uncool in the crowd. Now all Ted has to deal with were the poseurs
and suck ups. That’s amazing. He
suddenly remembered how tired he was. He had tried to talk Ted out of this one.
He knew Alina was bad news. Really bad news and he knew that by experience. She
was his ex-wife.
“Hey man , tell me
again why I’m toasting this couple?” He asked the man who was half-dragging ,
half-carrying him.
“You were happy to
get rid of her and this guy is gonna be ruined due to all of her capriciousness
and then you were going to take over his company.”
“Oh.” He remembered
why he was here at last. He was about to take over Patros Technologies in a
couple of months. And with that thought the world stopped swaying , he felt the ground solidify under his feet and he
stood on his own. It is funny how purpose can cure the drunken. He will get what he wants. He always does. “Thank you Charles
, now show me where the damn podium is”
“Right this way Mr. A” Charles said pointing to the lone podium
facing the crowd on the now deserted beach.
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