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Lance

“Letoutthe final sip of the beer

Fuck, I don't even know if the guy’s name is Mike still I mean, the bartender behind the counter when I came in this afternoon was called Mike, but I can’t re pretty heavily, if you can’t fucking tell

It’s now night, around 8 piant sports bar off Union Square It gets a good

NYU crowd, but more than that, the drinks are reasonably priced and people leave you alone if you just want to get blasted, watch television, and be by yourself

And right now, the only two things I want in this fucking world are to drink to forget and be by myself

Yeah, okay, I know this isn’t the best thing to be doing in the world Theto have a fucking field day

But I fucking need this I don’t care what the fuck is going on

Ia lot worse if you were intell me that you would be all calirl you’d ever fuckingSaks Fifth Avenue

And not just any woman off the street

No, that would s too easy Then it would just be sex—and hey, you knowjust sex, remember?

No, this is going too fucking far

This time I’ve crossed a line that I don’t think I can come back from

This isabout here Just recently married to my stepdad—the Mayor of New York City

It’s not that I’ Irelated to my dad, so there’s no way I’m related to her