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At 1.30a.m. and five or six whiskies later, I’m standing outside the bar with my back propped against a yellow cab. A mild liquor fog has settled in my mind. Enough to blunt the turmoil of my own thoughts about Alice and her baby. Not enough to stop them completely. I stayed for another drink, or two, after Drew left, and then I flagged the cab when I noticed Jennie packing up for the night.
She finally appears through the double doors to the bar, stepping onto the sidewalk with a short leather jacket covering her little black dress.
She’s laughing with two others who were working behind the bar tonight. Before she sees me, I hit send on the text I’ve already typed.
I watch a pouty smile appear on her lips as she takes out her cell phone and reads my words:
Your place or mine?
She lifts her head and looks left, then right, where our eyes connect. I open the cab door and she whispers something to the girl she’s with before coming to me.
‘Well, my eyes are open now, and it looks like you want a cheap fling.’
I raise my hand to her neck and move my face within an inch of hers. ‘First, I don’t think you’re cheap. I think you’re hot and looking for a good time tonight. Second, yes, I do want a fling. One night to show you how a man should treat a woman. Nothing more.’
Her eyes seem to grow heavier; then she bites her lip and slips into the back of the cab.
Third, tonight, I could really use a distraction.
