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About three months ago, my life got hectic, and exciting at the same time. It was something I never expected, but in a way I'm glad it happened. At the time that this situation occurred, I was in a rough place. Things at work were very stressful because we had a lack of employees on the job, and it made work much harder than it needed to be. At the same time, things at home were not going well. My husband and I seemed to argue and bicker with each other, more than anything else. Our little guy was dealing with a lot, due to being autistic and suffering from seizures. The stress around me was incredible, but somehow, I was trying to make it work and hoping that we could get through the rough patch. While all that was going on, my sister moved into a new place, along with her two daughters, and of course that added to our stress. She couldn't do anything on her own, so my husband had to help her move, and get set up in her new place, which led to more arguments. He didn't mind helping my nieces, but my sister always went overboard and took advantage. Once she was settled in, she held the housewarming party, and of course I had to help host it, along with my mother, because my sister couldn't do it herself. My parents had catered to her for most of her life, so she was used to everyone doing everything for her.

On the day of the party, my husband and I headed over to help set things up. He was already in one of his moods, because he really didn't feel like helping her yet again. We arrived at her place, which was only about 15 min. away, and began to set up. I helped my mom in the kitchen, while my husband went out to the yard and set up tables and chairs. My sister was single, so she didn't have a man to help. It took a couple of hours, but eventually we had everything set up and the party began.

The guests began to arrive as my mom, and I continued cooking in the kitchen. My husband disappeared into the yard, and I assumed he had found somebody to chat with and was probably downing a few beers already.

Once we were done cooking, my mom and I took everything out to the yard, and I became a bit more aggravated as I noticed my sister wandering around talking to everyone, while my husband was at a table talking to a couple of female guests. I tried to push everything aside, and just went about my duties, so that my mom wouldn't have to do as much.

Once all the food was out in the yard, I could finally take a break and decided to grab myself a drink. I went over to the table, where the alcohol was set up and decided to pour myself a very stiff Jack and Coke. I needed something to take the edge off and the drink hit the spot.

I grabbed a plate and made myself something to eat before finding a seat at one of the tables. I sat by myself and began to eat, and as I was doing so, I heard someone call out to me. I looked up, and saw an older gentleman, standing by the table with a plate and drink in his hand, and he asked if he could join me. I had no idea who he was but offered for him to sit down. He did, and immediately introduced himself, telling me his name was Antonio and that he was one of my sister's fellow coworkers. I introduced myself as well, letting him know that I was her younger sister and the two of us began to chat.

Antonio told me a bit about himself, telling me that he was divorced, had worked my sister for a couple of years, and was originally from the Dominican Republic. I told him a bit about myself, and the two of us seemed to really hit it off. I don't know if it was the alcohol that I was drinking, or if it was his very friendly demeanor, but something has caught my attention.

We spent a bit chatting, and eating, while getting to know each other, and I found myself really enjoying his company. I figured I might as well, since my husband was over on the other side of the yard, chatting with a couple of female guests, and paying no attention to me. I already knew how the night would end with him. He would get drunk, walk his way home since we lived nearby, and pass out. That's the way it usually went when we went to any party that was near home.

As the night wore on, Antonio and I continued to chat, and he also made me several more drinks. I had told him that I was one of the ones who had set up the party, so he had me relax while he made me a few drinks

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