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looked the other way, trying to find relief for her nose. Anything would have smelled better than the air coming from his mouth. She blocked her nose with the back of her hand.
    â€œSame here. Bye,” she said.
    Lenard walked away. Alex breathed a sigh a relief. She couldn’t have pretended that she wasn’t affected by his breath much longer. She wiped her nose with her hand, trying to rid herself of the smell. It wasn’t working.
    Izzy returned to the table in the midst of Alex clawing at her nose. “What’s wrong with you?” Izzy asked.
    â€œYour friend needs to wash his mouth out with bleach,” Alex said, still rubbing her nose.
    â€œWho?”
    â€œThis man who approached me.”
    â€œWhat? Did he talk dirty to you or something?”
    â€œNo. His breath smelled like boo boo!” Alex raised her voice over the music.
    Izzy cracked up laughing and Alex followed suit.
    â€œWhoo! That’s awful to hear,” Izzy said.
    â€œIt’s even worse to smell. I didn’t know whether to offer him a mint or some toilet paper,” Alex said.
    Izzy doubled over with laughter. In the distance, Alex heard the DJ playing the same song he had played earlier—the one that got everyone hype, including Izzy.
    Alex frowned again. “Um. I’m ready to go. You’re not ready to leave yet?”
    Izzy chugged her drink. “Not quite. Why don’t you get up and dance or talk to somebody cute?”
    â€œI’m afraid Mr. Stanky Breath has ruined that for me.”
    â€œGirl, everybody in here doesn’t have breath like that.”
    It didn’t matter to Alex. She’d seen and experienced enough. She’d never been a club person and this experience hadn’t converted her. The club was for people who only wanted to have a “good”time or a good laugh. Nothing else. You didn’t go there to find a mate. You went there to party it up. Alex was in a stage of her life where she had more serious thoughts than what type of alcoholic beverage she wanted. She had no patience for games. She enjoyed hanging out with her friend but Alex had to find a way to get out of there.
    â€œI hope not but I could really get out of here soon. When will you be ready to go?”
    Izzy sighed. “I don’t know. Why don’t you try to relax and meet someone new?” she whined.
    â€œThere’s no one to meet here.”
    â€œLook at all these men around here. Surely, there’s someone worth talking to.” Izzy took a sip of her Apple Martini. “It’s New Year’s. I didn’t say you had to marry him. Talk to him.”
    Perhaps this little trip to the club was premature. It had barely been 48 hours since she broke up with Phillip. She wasn’t ready to get out there and actively look for someone else, particularly in this environment. This is what I get for trying to be a trooper.
    â€œIzzy, I appreciate what you’re saying and I know you’re trying to help but this isn’t for me right now.”
    Izzy looked at her sympathetically. “You’re right. This place is more for me than you. I’ll tell you what. Let’s have another drink and then, we’ll leave. We can go get something to eat.”
    Alex smiled. “Okay.”
    About thirty minutes later, the two women left the club and went to a breakfast spot. Alex didn’t walk into her house until 3:46 a.m. Even though the club was long behind her, she continued to wipe her nose, trying to rid herself of the stench from the stanky breath guy.
    She trudged up the stairs and headed for the shower. As she ranthe lavender-scented shower gel and water over her medium brown skin, the toilet breath odor disappeared. The events of the last few days, however, rushed to her mind as quickly as the water beat down on her body. The more she thought, the more Phillip leaving seemed best for her. He was a jerk. Therefore, she had no chance at
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