Silence enveloped the bar once more as Jessica watched Aelia down three gulps of wine, repeatedly without a single word.
**GULP**
Once more she downed another one as she grabbed the bottle and poured only to see the content was finished.
"Can you tell them to bring one more bottle?" Ael asked as Jessica shook her head.
"One more and you won't be able to drive home again..." She cautioned as Aelia dropped her cup onto the table, picking up the one that was in front of Jessica and swirling the red liquid in her glass cup.
"Do you know who took everything away from me, Jessica? My sweet brother, my beloved mother, and my loving father?" Aelia asked, but Jessica remained quiet. It wasn't a question.
"It was the eldritches, Jessica. And since that day forth, even as I sleep, the images of the eldritch played in my head, haunting me in the depths of the night.