"Her Own Good Company"

She doesn't need anyone to complete the evening. Her drink is cold, her outfit is everything, and her thoughts are better company than most people she's met. She watches the room — quietly, curiously — the way only a woman alone in public knows how to watch. Taking it all in. Hoping nobody mistakes her solitude for an invitation. She is not waiting to be approached. She is just immeresed in the music and the taste of the cocktail