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Never mind my heart

“You’re looking very lovely tonight.” I look up from my drink and see him eyeing the big boobed blonde in the corner. Her laughter is like an ice bucket over my warm and fuzzy feelings, but I understand his ogling, she’s really very pretty. “Thanks.” His eyes flit back to me at my unenthusiastic response, but I hide my emotions by gulping my drink down, the vodka burning its way down my throat. “Another?” I jiggle the ice cubes in my glass but he shakes his head and nods towards his almost untouched beer. As I leave for the bar I see him leaning back with the glass in his hand, his eyes on the blonde bombshell again. “Vodka Lime, large, heavy on the vodka. Please.” The female bartender nods and I lean against the bar, surveying the people talking and drinking in the dim light. This was a big mistake, a disaster even, but Daniel had insisted we go on a date tonight. His reason being we hadn’t been on one in ages, work kept us far too busy and this was our first free weekend in mo