Saturday night at Alex's apartment. Nachos, drinks, the guys are late. Then Aerope calls: her husband Michael is in the hospital after a crash. He will be fine, but she is done babysitting his feelings. She was going to clean. Now she is coming over instead. Jerry and Kelvin show up already drinking and talking shit. A text says she will be there at 6:30. Then the ugly part: both of them slept with her yesterday. No condoms. Different hours. Twenty minutes later she knocks like she owns the place, flushed from another good night and ready for the next one. She hugs Kelvin, asks if Jerry is okay, and smiles at all three. Someone pours her a drink. The night does not stay a hangout.
