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May 11, 2023
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"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry," he said,  croaking  like a frog. "I don't know what came over me."
His tongue was swollen, and he had a gash on his forehead where the glass had sliced him. "You had a lapse in judgment," I said.
I looked up at the big screen, watching the clip of him and his buddies dancing to "Whip It" by Devo. I'm not sure if it was just the blood on my face or the fact that I was so angry that I was crying, but I saw that clip a thousand times in my head, and it made me sick.
That's when it hit me: the whole night had been one big lapse in judgment.