The invitation said, "Please don't bring anyone else."
It was a small dinner at a friend's house, and the host had planned everything for eight people.
An hour before dinner, one guest called.
"Is it okay if my cousin comes?"
The host said no.
She explained that there wasn't enough food or space.
The guest sounded annoyed but eventually said she'd come alone.
She arrived twenty minutes late.
And her cousin was with her.
The host opened the door and just stared.
"I told you she couldn't come."
"I know," the guest said. "But she's already here."
The cousin apologized.
The host didn't want to make a scene, so she let them in.
Dinner started.
Everything seemed fine.
Until the cousin suddenly asked,
"Where's the bathroom?"
"Upstairs."
She went upstairs.
Five minutes passed.
Then ten.
The host started wondering why it was taking so long.
When the cousin finally came back, she looked uncomfortable.
The host asked,
"Everything okay?"
"Yeah. Sorry. I couldn't find the bathroom."
It was a strange excuse.
The bathroom was clearly marked.
But nobody said anything.
The rest of dinner went normally.
The cousin barely spoke.
She kept checking her phone and seemed eager to leave.
When dinner ended, she thanked the host and left with her cousin.
The next morning, the host received a call from her landlord.
He said someone had complained about a noise coming from the house the previous night.
The host was confused.
There hadn't been any noise.
Then the landlord asked whether she'd had guests.
She said yes.
He explained that a neighbor had seen someone leave through the side gate around 10:30 p.m.
The host immediately thought of the cousin.
She called her friend.
"Did your cousin leave through the side gate last night?"
Her friend sounded surprised.
"No. She left with me through the front door."
The host checked the house.
Nothing was missing.
The side gate was still locked.
Then she remembered something.
The cousin had gone upstairs alone for nearly ten minutes.
She called her friend again.
"Did your cousin actually need the bathroom?"
There was a pause.
"I don't know."
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