change in River’s
speech and in his deportment was alarming. The whole Carlson family continued
to stare at River unable to comprehend his complete recovery from the depth of drunkenness.
Nathan spoke to
reassure everyone. “Well it looks like we are staying out late tonight,” And
then leaning towards River to speak privately, he said “You really are a
remarkable young man.”
The meal was an
enjoyable interlude before the later evening’s entertainment. Nathan took this
opportunity to explain the constraints that being a custodial chaperone would
entail. Only basic permissions and privileges were being transferred to River.
Therefore, everyone had to keep in mind not to leave him alone because he would
get stranded. They would have to pay for any services or purchases on his
behalf. They would have to make sure not to break any law at all whilst
chaperoning him. Lastly the Major reminded his family that they had to look
after him as their guest. Tomorrow Anton would chaperone him as he only had day
release to university. The day after, Audrina was asked to chaperone him,
whilst Nathan promised to take over for the next consecutive day. Valerie would
act as a reserve chaperone.
Nathan went to pay the
bill but he found that Audrina had already covered it. He contemplated on how
she was such a good daughter, and recognised the positive that she must
obviously be making good money in her financial employment. They collected
their coats and headed out into the plush and enticing streets of the Central
Zone. It was getting dark so they opted to take a detour through an arched
indoor emporium that was full of market stalls selling various antiques and
collectables. At the other end, they walked up the grandiose steps to the
Central Zone’s elevated park. When they reached the top, they looked out on to
the spectacle of a large public gathering in the middle of this immense square
mile park. They headed over towards the water features in the centre and halted
on a long and fairly high footbridge over a boating lake to take in the
excitement and sheer exquisiteness of the scene close by. It was 10pm and the
night time carnival had already began. Marching bands, and floats with exotic
dancers, always illuminated by hundreds of Chinese lanterns and fairy lights
were winding there way slowly around a figure of eight route. The whole route
was completely enveloped by a large throng of revellers enjoying the carnival,
the girls and the music. River was surprised to find Audrina grabbing his hand
as well as Anton’s and pulling them in the direction of the oncoming parade.
They threaded there way through the dense crowd and as they got closer to the front,
River went on point and exerted his strong physique to open up a space big
enough to allow all three a ringside position. The carnival was awesome for
River. The excitement in the air, the vibrant music and the allure of the
exotic dancers made this the best experience for him in the metropolis so far.
He felt welcome within the Carlson family and whilst standing between Audrina
and Anton, he exuberantly put an arm around each. Audrina in return slipped her
arm around the back of his waist; Anton on the other hand dropped his shoulder,
and let River’s arm slip off. River understood that Anton really did not like
being touched or engaging in any close personal contact. When Audrina strained
to see a spectacular upcoming float, River let her mount him and sit on his
shoulders. Once up there in her elevated position, she didn’t want to come
down. She just rocked about as if dancing, waiving her hands in the air. River
noticed other couples in the crowd copying them, but nobody could match River’s
stamina or strength as he wilfully suffered Audrina’s weight. She didn’t
dismount until most of the floats had passed them by. Then the three of them
decided to head back to the ornate footbridge to join Valerie and Nathan. They
reached them just in time for the firework show.
speech and in his deportment was alarming. The whole Carlson family continued
to stare at River unable to comprehend his complete recovery from the depth of drunkenness.
Nathan spoke to
reassure everyone. “Well it looks like we are staying out late tonight,” And
then leaning towards River to speak privately, he said “You really are a
remarkable young man.”
The meal was an
enjoyable interlude before the later evening’s entertainment. Nathan took this
opportunity to explain the constraints that being a custodial chaperone would
entail. Only basic permissions and privileges were being transferred to River.
Therefore, everyone had to keep in mind not to leave him alone because he would
get stranded. They would have to pay for any services or purchases on his
behalf. They would have to make sure not to break any law at all whilst
chaperoning him. Lastly the Major reminded his family that they had to look
after him as their guest. Tomorrow Anton would chaperone him as he only had day
release to university. The day after, Audrina was asked to chaperone him,
whilst Nathan promised to take over for the next consecutive day. Valerie would
act as a reserve chaperone.
Nathan went to pay the
bill but he found that Audrina had already covered it. He contemplated on how
she was such a good daughter, and recognised the positive that she must
obviously be making good money in her financial employment. They collected
their coats and headed out into the plush and enticing streets of the Central
Zone. It was getting dark so they opted to take a detour through an arched
indoor emporium that was full of market stalls selling various antiques and
collectables. At the other end, they walked up the grandiose steps to the
Central Zone’s elevated park. When they reached the top, they looked out on to
the spectacle of a large public gathering in the middle of this immense square
mile park. They headed over towards the water features in the centre and halted
on a long and fairly high footbridge over a boating lake to take in the
excitement and sheer exquisiteness of the scene close by. It was 10pm and the
night time carnival had already began. Marching bands, and floats with exotic
dancers, always illuminated by hundreds of Chinese lanterns and fairy lights
were winding there way slowly around a figure of eight route. The whole route
was completely enveloped by a large throng of revellers enjoying the carnival,
the girls and the music. River was surprised to find Audrina grabbing his hand
as well as Anton’s and pulling them in the direction of the oncoming parade.
They threaded there way through the dense crowd and as they got closer to the front,
River went on point and exerted his strong physique to open up a space big
enough to allow all three a ringside position. The carnival was awesome for
River. The excitement in the air, the vibrant music and the allure of the
exotic dancers made this the best experience for him in the metropolis so far.
He felt welcome within the Carlson family and whilst standing between Audrina
and Anton, he exuberantly put an arm around each. Audrina in return slipped her
arm around the back of his waist; Anton on the other hand dropped his shoulder,
and let River’s arm slip off. River understood that Anton really did not like
being touched or engaging in any close personal contact. When Audrina strained
to see a spectacular upcoming float, River let her mount him and sit on his
shoulders. Once up there in her elevated position, she didn’t want to come
down. She just rocked about as if dancing, waiving her hands in the air. River
noticed other couples in the crowd copying them, but nobody could match River’s
stamina or strength as he wilfully suffered Audrina’s weight. She didn’t
dismount until most of the floats had passed them by. Then the three of them
decided to head back to the ornate footbridge to join Valerie and Nathan. They
reached them just in time for the firework show.
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