"Yeah. I've been drinking. People all say drinking can drown the worries. But I'm quite uncomfortable after drinking instead."

Bending over the low table, I muttered staggeringly to the one over the phone.

The person over the phone was silent for a while and then said, "Why don't you tell me what happened? You may feel better after saying it."

"Okay..."

In a daze, I began to tell the one over the phone everything that had happened between me and Patrick...

It was unknown how long I had been talking.

Nor did I know how I had fallen asleep later.

By the time I woke up again, it had been...