The limo skidded to a halt in a front of a big, luxurious villa, specially rented for the Seniors to celebrate their graduation.



As a perfect gentleman, Dirk swiftly got out of the vehicle and ran quickly to open the door for Shadee. They both walked up to the villa, the loud noises of music and chatting voices reaching their ears.



‘Deep breath, baby!’ Dirk whispered before pushing the door open ‘All eyes are gonna be on you, my gorgeous girl!’



Indeed it was so. Everybody sitting around the lounge turned to see the couple that had entered and gossip immediately erupted from all the corners of the room. Shadee had never worn so much make-up and she had never styled herself that much. She looked absolutely fabulous and everyone noticed that.

‘Hey, Shadee!’ two people came quickly from one of the lounge’s sofa’s. It was Holly and Sebastien.



They stopped in front of each other and Shadee forgot to breathe for a few seconds. Dang, Seb looked so hunky!

‘You look fab!’ Holly piped out, measuring her friend from head to toes ‘Wow! Wow! Wow! You look super duper good in that dress!’

Sebastien looked as excited as Shadee was, a big lump in the throat preventing him from saying anything.



‘Dirk!’ the young man looked down questioningly at his girlfriend ‘I hope you don’t mind, but I’d like to spend the first few hours with my friends. Just until twelve! I’ll be all yours afterwards!’

‘Oh. Okay, I’ll just hang around with some friends then…’ it was obvious he was disappointed, but the prospect of “having” Shadee all to himself after twelve o’clock was good enough to let her go ‘We’ll meet here, at the stairs at sharp, okay? Don’t be late! I’ll arrange with the room until then!’ he winked and watched Shadee walk away to the dancing ring with her two friends.



‘This must be our wildest, craziest, most unforgettable night ever!’ Holly shouted, trying to make her voice heard over the loud music ‘And I am going to drink alcohol!’



Shadee couldn’t help but laugh at the excitement of her friend. To top that, that was the first time when Holly was drinking something stronger than beer!

At one point during Shadee’s “fun with friends”, Dirk came casually towards her and whispered quickly in her ear: “We’ve got room 21! First floor! Don’t forget, twelve o’clock, at the staircase!”. He turned back quickly, waddling out of the room and leaving a very strong smell of alcohol behind him.



Three whiskeys and four tequila shots later, Holly could barely keep herself straight. She was dancing crazily, shaking her head, waving her arms around and threatening to fall at every move.



‘Hey…lookit…Icandothis!’ she slurred and twisted her arm awkwardly ‘An’…this…andthenIdothis…’

In a second she was on all fours on the floor, breathing heavily and unable to find her balance. ‘Ithink… I’mgonnabesick!’



Seb and Shadee hurried over to help her stand up.

‘Oh, my! It’s twelve already!’ Shadee looked at Sebastien and then at the drunk Holly who had slobber all over her chin ‘Let’s try to drag her out so she can breathe some fresh air and then I’ll have to leave you alone in charge of her!’

After Holly had been safely taken outside, Shadee walked quickly to her meeting point. It was already ten past twelve and the girl was afraid to not have let Dirk wait too much. But he wasn’t there. Shadee waited two minutes, which turned into five, then into ten. Dirk wasn’t the kind of man to be late, especially on such an event.



The girl decided to go upstairs by herself and waited for her boyfriend in the room. Maybe he was already there! She walked up and followed the long corridor searching for door number 21.



13, 15, 17, 19, 21. Shadee stopped and double checked the two numbers stuck to the door. Slowly, she grabbed the handle and moved it downwards, soundlessly pushing the door open.

But then, she just stopped dead in her tracks, watching the dreadful scene play in front of her eyes.






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