Every Drop

He'd put off his appearance at the mixer as long as he could and now, as he sipped a rather sloppily-made cocktail, he realized he should have dropped in at the beginning of the night. Before everyone had been drinking for a couple of hours.

Before seven different women slyly mentioned that they'd heard he'd ended his engagement the previous year. Before seven different women looked very disappointed when he said yes, that was true, but he was seeing someone new.