Penny, a 26-year-old dance teacher that learns that her boyfriend has cheated on her, decides to go out to drink her feelings out, when an attractive 40ish-year-old man, Carlos, approaches her and offers to buy her a drink. Things escalate quickly...
"So u're going out alone?" My best friend, Carla, asks me over the phone, having her on speaker as I get dressed
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"Yep! I'm not gonna cry over that shithead. He had the audacity to cheat on me...me! Me? And I was supposed to be the one around men that want to fuck me! No, I won't let myself cry over him. I'm going out to have fun"
"Yeah, ok, I get it, but alone?"
"Well, u're away and I really don't want to go over what happened with someone else right now..."
"It's dangerous, Penny!"
"Come on, I'll be fine. I promise not to drink much and to guard my drink" I say and she sighs
"Fine. Just text me where u'll be and when u get home, ok? And if u're scared at some point or something, call me to keep u company"
"Ok, love, I will" I reply and then we hang up
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About an hour into the bar, I have had 2 drinks and 5 cigarettes, starring at the booze shelves, lost in my thoughts. I didn't mean to be a bum all night, but I just couldn't find the strength to go somewhere upbeat. I just wanted to get out of the house...
As I'm trying to get the bartender's attention for another drink, I hear a male voice from the other way from where I was looking, making me turn
"What's a pretty girl like u doing alone at a bar?" He asks, leaning on the counter, smiling politely
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