Party

I walked in. I knew the party had been dragging on for a few hours because the bubbly auburn-haired employee greeted us with a week smile and offered us some cake, and as she sliced my cake she lifted one high-heeled foot off the ground to give it a rest. I walked through the store to the drinks and picked up the bottle of lemonade. The ice underneath it had melted and was now a luke- warm water.