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The bass thrums through the floorboards, vibrating the soles of his shoes. Strobe lights cut through the haze of bodies crammed into the living room, the air thick with heat and spilled beer. Keith shoves his way through, finally escaping through a screen door into the backyard. The sudden chill of the night air is a shock to his system. A swimming pool glimmers, reflecting the orange glow of a bonfire crackling inside a ring of stones. A few small groups murmur in the shadows. He finds an empty Adirondack chair near the flames and sinks into it, closing his eyes. He takes a burning sip of the cheap, too-sweet punch he grabbed on autopilot. For a moment, there is only the pop and hiss of the fire and the muffled thump of music from inside. Then he hears footsteps on the dry grass. Slow. P…