Cocktail Prince, Main Story Part 4, Chapter 19

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Chapter 19: Midnight Riot

Pink Lady: Tom Collins!? I was wondering who it was at this time of night….Where have you been!?

Tom Collins: I’m sorry… I’ll explain the circumstances later. But I’m in a hurry now, so won’t you please let me through?

Pink Lady: You’ll explain later? Do you really think I’m going to be satisfied with that!? And don’t tell me Moulin Rouge and Martini are somewhere with you too.

Salty Dog: Pink Lady? What’s with all the noise? You’re so loud, I can’t sleep.. Huh? Why!? Why are you here Tom Collins? Where have you been!?

Tom Collins: I’m sorry, that’s why I said I would tell you later..

Salty Dog: Don’t tell us later! Ah, she’s not even here at this hour..!

Pink Lady: I have something I’ve been wanting to say to you. The bar… is currently not in business. And master, he collapsed and is in the hospital.

Salty Dog: Yeah! That’s right! Something very serious happened… so we wanna talk about it!

Tom Collins: I know about everything…. But right now is not the time for it. She was taken to the hospital…. I need to take her a change of clothes for her hospitalization.

Salty Dog: She’s been hospitalized!? So you mean you were with her?

Tom Collins: I’ll explain everything in detail once things calm down. …I’m sorry. That reminds me, the hospital she is in is the same as her grandfather. She’ll be there for a few days, so I was wondering if you would like to visit her

Salty Dog: Wait!

Pink Lady: Why aren’t you going to explain what’s going on!? How do you think we feel right now…!

Tom Collins: When she’s released from the hospital and things calm down, I’ll explain everything. Right now…

Pink Lady: …If that’s all you’re going to say, then I understand. It’s late. I’ll take her a change of clothes tomorrow.

Tom Collins: …Right, maybe that’s for the best. When everything calms down, I promise I’ll come to explain.

Old Pal: You’re back… Did you get her a change of clothes? That’s what you went to go do, right?

Tom Collins: I went there, but since I went back without having the decency of contacting anyone first, I was turned away. Oh well, it can’t be helped… Pink Lady said she would take her a change of clothes.

Old Pal: Oh… I see. So they don’t know anything, huh? Oh, but the way, Martini and them contacted us earlier. They said that they were going to stay with her since they were worried.

Tom Collins: Great, that makes me feel much better. Her injury isn’t that bad, but I knew they’d still be worried. …By the way, where’s Jeremy?

Old Pal: He was really worn out, so Alec took him home… So Mimosa just took off like that, huh?

Tom Collins: It’s because he was really upset…

Gin Fizz: It would suck if someone made a fuss over it, so I cleaned up the blood in the kitchen.

Alaska: Ugh… Why did it have to come to this? Why did Mimosa do such a thing…

Old Pal: At the time, it was just her, Mimosa, and Jeremy. We don’t know the details of it… Mimosa said many times that he hated her, but I didn’t think he hated her this much.

Alaska: Me neither, I wasn’t paying much attention to it… We should have kept a better eye on the two of them if we knew this would happen.

Gin Fizz: I wonder what’s gonna happen to our bar now. With Jeremy’s condition, Mimosa gone, and her being hospitalized

Old Pal: Well we can’t keep working now, can we?

Alaska: But she’s okay, right? It’s just a minor injury, right?

Tom Collins: It doesn’t seem like the injury to her shoulder is that bad. But she did hit her head when she fell down… So she’s taking tests at the hospital for that.

Alaska: I see… I’m glad her injury isn’t so bad. It’s really unfortunate something like this happened.

Gin Fizz: If it’s her, she’ll be fine. She is strong after all. … No matter how hard people are on her, she’s someone whose got guts and never gives up.

Old Pal: But I’m still worried, ya know…. When she gets better, we’re all gonna go see her!