(Xander)
Aunt Claudia called me and asked me where I was, but I hung up without replying. I couldn't deal with that s**t right now. I just didn't want to be there right now.
With my father in the hospital and now Rachael, it was just too stressful for me. I still had to go to work and maintain the house, everything was getting to me and the only thing that I could think of was to drink.
I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around. Seeing that it was Leon, I groaned. I don't have the time or the patience for anyone right now. I needed to de-stress and this was the only way to do it.
“You were going to drive after this?” Leon asked, taking a seat next to me.
“Yeah, I can hold my liquor,” I replied while drinking another shot of vodka. I got mad at Leon for telling the bartender no
