Mackenzie
AFTER ORDERING CHEESECAKE, I watched Gus try to eat both his meal and mine. He actually put down almost everything.
“Wow, impressive,” I said, when he set his fork down.
“I’m stuffed, though.” He looked over toward the restrooms. “I’ll be back. I’m going to the men’s room.”
“Okay.”
As soon as he left, I pulled out the small vial of magnesium citrate Kara and I had gotten from the drugstore earlier. I looked around and then poured it into his strawberry lemonade. The laxative was supposed to work fairly quickly, although I’d never used it before. I quickly mixed it with the straw, grateful the waiter had just refilled his glass.
“Feeling better?” I asked when Gus sat back down at the table.
He smiled. “Yeah.”
“Good.”
The waiter returned with my cheesecake. I grabbed my fo
