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The lights were flashing across the entire club, and the music was loud. We ultimately settled on going to the Expose Club despite my promise to Mandee that we would have a girls' night out. The fact that I never had to wait in line to enter the club and that my father was well-known made this place appealing to me. Mandee enjoyed it because it allowed her to relax, have a few drinks, flirt with gorgeous people, and let all the stress from her graduate school worries go. In light of the recent anxiety that everyone had experienced, it was undoubtedly an excellent use of our time on a Saturday night. Derek had already sounded troubled when we spoke the last time, which worried me. I let all of it go, though, and tried to have fun as Mandee and I danced around the club while admiring the sight. I wanted to make sure Mandee enjoyed herself because she didn't go out much.

We had a few drinks to start, did some dancing, and then stopped for a while to have a few more drinks before g