I frowned, and before I could stop myself, I was opening the passenger door, and Seth was slamming on the brakes."Rory!" he called after me, seemingly... annoyed, but I was already out of the truck and on my way to Aaron.It seemed stupid, really, since I was the one who'd been so adamant about letting him deal with his own problems. But, I just couldn't do it. As I remembered everything he'd told me about his parents, somehow leaving him outside of his house like this seemed even more dangerous. To celebrate the actual day, a few buddies of mine met up at a bar to drink and play some pool. Upon arriving, a friend of mine took it upon himself to announce to everyone that it was my 21st birthday. God, I don't like attention on me. We got our first round of drinks and the bartender, who's pretty damn cute I must say, tossed us the keys to the pool table so we could play some free games. As we played and the more we drank, I couldn't help but noticed how familiar the bartender looked. He. Michael was able to relate that she had asked repeatedly about us, and that she sent along her love. He affirmed that if he had the authority to arrange a visit, he would have done so. Sandra had been hospitalized for two nights following her rescue and, having gotten a clean bill of health, had just been released earlier in the day. Blessedly, she proved to be physically unharmed following that long ordeal. How she would hold up mentally in the long run was anyone's guess. Her time in. Steelport didn’t actually decay but the luster in the town diminished and the port lost much of its importance in the area.Which remained was the beach, a pleasant place for the citizens and for the tourists that decide to ditch glitzy places and a few other places that still stand showing their glory. The town became more like of the regular suburban kind, with many houses and families living there. Some locations that held factories and plants were replaced by homes, malls and retailers all.