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WITH THE ARRIVAL of the weekend after a long working week, the girls and I cruised into Club Retro, a fashionable nightclub in the centre of Lonsdale Street. Its three levels and two bars crowded, and brimming with other young clubbers that were here for the same reason as us; to forget the pressures of their daily lives.

Hypnotically energetic music reverberated loudly around us, leaving our bodies humming and forcing us to shout. But then again we weren’t out at a noisy club to talk.

The moment we each collected our drinks, we manoeuvred our way onto the dance floor, struggling to find a space amongst the packed bodies. Revellers danced back to back, the thumping music their muse under the flickering strobe lights, blinding us as they lit up the darkened club.

Lethal cocktails became the fuel to an unlit match, reigniting the rescinding fire within. I let loose and danced like no one was watching. Except unbeknownst to me, or any of us, somebody already was.