16.2 Loneliness

Once outside, the student staggered towards the metro. He had felt relatively sober when he was sitting down, but now that he had to move forward, he realised that the horizon in front of him was not very straight...

He wanted to take the stairs that led to the underground metal train, but he couldn't find his way properly and found himself a few meters further from the entrance.

He turned his head right and left in the hope of finding his bearings, but everything was spinning around him, preventing him from recognising a place he knew well. He walked straight ahead. If he followed the street where Amaury's bar was, he would end up somewhere, he told himself.

Unfortunately, the area he was in was right next to a bad part of town that had become a hangout for the mafia and prostitutes. But his sense of danger was completely wiped out by the alcohol. He had not even noticed that he had entered the red-light district of the city.