“Alessandro”

I entered the ballroom looking for Patrício, but I couldn’t find him or Rick. Shit! Everything was spinning! I needed to get out of there. I decided to go to my office and lie down there for a while.

I started to cross the ballroom, nodding my head in greeting to a few people. I felt arms around my waist and a sickeningly sweet perfume. When I realized it, Ana Carolina was pulling me through the ballroom talking to a few people. But I was so dizzy, so drunk again, that I couldn’t e