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The evening started out perfectly normal. Outside, night had just fallen, and inside Marco’s apartment the mood was shadowy and subdued. A large overhead lamp scattered colored light across the room while you idly flicked through movie options from the sofa. Marco sat beside you, legs stretched out and arms crossed over his chest, a weary grimace tightening his features. He was fighting not to show how much the alcohol was getting to him. Usually your nights together meant sharing a bottle of wine at the corner restaurant. But today Marco had made the reckless choice to enter a drinking competition—ten thousand dollars to whoever could hold their liquor the longest. He lost, spectacularly, and now he felt utterly wretched. Marco only made it back to the apartment leaning heavily on yo…