Ava’s phone buzzed.

Her Lyft driver was outside. Not Uber. Her account was banned on Halloween because of a guy she hasn’t spoken to since he left her apartment the next morning.

She glanced at her roommate’s Smirnoff bottle on the bar trolley, shrugged, and took a large pull.

Thought for a moment.

Took her nearly empty water bottle and added what she would guess to be 2 shots to it.

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