The next day I was up early, unable to sleep. Dad had gone off to the city and mom was struggling to get around the house with a terrible hangover. I spent a good part of the morning cleaning up the yard. We had a landscaping crew that would come by on Monday, but I didn't want them finding all the used condoms and liquor bottles.
Mom and I had lunch together, by noon she was feeling better, but still looked very tired.
"Did you attend the party?" She asked me.
"No." I lied. "I hung out in my place then went to a friends party across town. Was this a good one?"
"Crazy." She sighed. "I think we need to tone it down going forward."
"Dorothy?" I asked, who was typically the culprit for the crazy behavior at the party.
"No. Everyone was bad." She sat back and sipped her coffee. "Like a Roman Orgy." She said softly.
"Looks like you had a good time." I said.
She held up her cup of coffee, "Too good." She got a quizzical look on her face then asked, "Did you see a guy in a black cape and mask?"
I shrugged, "Not that I recall, but there were a lot of people here when I left."
She got a thoughtful look on her face and then she smiled. "Maybe I was dreaming, but I thought... oh, never mind."
"Did you get hit on by some guy in a cape last night?" I wanted to see her reaction.
"I was pretty -- well, I was drunk." She laughed lightly. "I thought some guy..." Her words trailed off and she got that thoughtful look on her face again. "Yeah. He hit on me."
"I'm not surprised mom." I smiled at her. "You were looking quite hot last night."