{"id":4817,"date":"2025-10-16T16:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T20:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=4817"},"modified":"2025-10-16T16:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T20:39:14","slug":"stolen-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=4817","title":{"rendered":"Stolen Goods"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stolen Goods<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

How could they say that I stole it? I didn\u2019t even know that she had it. There, I was invited, with no pretense, only planning to get a few drinks, maybe a bit of food and conversation, and that was it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I was interacting with the people around me, even though I knew very few of them. I tried to get close to those I knew who were invited too. I\u2019m not a very outgoing person, despite what everyone believes. In interactions like these, I like to play within my comfort zone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all I expected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But no, then I was being accused of stealing it. It could have been the other way around. Who\u2019s to say that it wasn\u2019t the person I interacted with the most that night who was stealing it? Hers may have been a different one, but trust me, more than one was stolen that night. After all, they say it takes two to tango.<\/span><\/p>\n

Needless to say, I had no way to defend myself. I had it in my possession. She had one too. There was no denying it. The deed was done, for whatever reason. Sealed with a kiss, one might say.\u00a0 They were stolen, and we both had to deal with the consequences.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Looking back on that night, it was both exciting and scary. What followed when we revealed what we had both taken on that Saturday night is just a memory etched in time. Stolen affections that we\u2019ve celebrated every October 5 for the past 40\u00a0 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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