Amends (Manila, Philippines)

So by orchestrated accident, I met Lala in Ice Bar in Greenbelt 3 while still in Manila. We had parted ways nearly six months ago under infuriating circumstances. Her friends had invited me out – knowing it might be a risky move.

I acted quickly to bury the hatchet with a round of tequilas for her and her friends. She came up looking radiant as ever – as always the case if you are a woman who knows she is going to meet her ex-boyfriend. And perfectly timed, when I walked in the bar, she was in the arms of a drunk, foreign guy who was groping her and touching her inappropriately. And to rub salt in the wound, she was smiling as if she was enjoying it.

This amends plan was thought up by Vanessa my part time love counselor, full time divorced mother of a little boy and little girl, and night time bar maid at Ice Bar. I spent many an evening after work sitting at the bar and Vanessa spilling out Red Bull mixed with Vodka and advice that she wasn’t even following herself.

So it was fitting when Vanessa personally dropped the tray of 8 tequila shots on the bar. I took the salted shot glass of tequila and moved in Lala’s direction. She met me halfway on the dance floor. She was already halfway drunk. And I saw her hand but I chose not to react. She slapped me hard – three times.

My cheek stung but I smiled through it. And strangely, I was aroused.

Knowing my hands were occupied with tequila shots, she grabbed my crotch and squeezed and leaned in and told me, “I don’t know whether to tear your penis off or suck it.”

I gulped.

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