CRASH!
"You told me not to call her, so this is what I'm doing instead!"
*Sigh*
"Are you actually going to force me to kick your ass on your wedding day to get you to stop?"
"It's not my wedding day anymore!"
"Saint if you don't put that table down, I swear to God I'm going to have to putyoudown."
"I don't fucking care–"
WHAP!
Chapter Three
SABRINA
Three years ago
Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
"What can I get you?"
A female bartender who is probably in her twenties, but looks like she's pushing forty because of the bags under her eyes and her leathery skin, asks me for my drink order. Problem is that I don't really drink.
It's one of the many things I have given up to stay at my goal weight which is actually pretty high for my height, so I have to be careful; but tonight I want to feel like someone other than myself. Even if it's only temporary. Even if it's just smoke and mirrors. And I know that alcohol can help me get there.
"What do you recommend?" I ask. Her face may look hard, but so is her body. So I'm guessing that she knows a thing or two about staying fit. "I want to order a drink or two tonight, but I don't want to consume a lot of extra calories."
"Do you like red wine?"
"I don't usually drink alcohol at all, so I don't particularlylikeany one thing."
"Then may I ask what's your reason for wanting to drink tonight?"
She asks her highly unusual question (for a bartender anyway) while drying the inside of a wine glass with a soft white cloth.
"A guy. Well basicallyallmen."
"Understood." She smiles briefly. "Then shots are the way to go."
"Shots?"
"Yeah, it's the mixers that are highly caloric like fruit juice or soda. If you drink straight liquor I promise that you will arrive to your destination much quicker with little to show for it around your hips."
"That sounds like exactly what I'm looking for."
"Are you on a budget?"
"Not really." I'm using my company credit card tonight.
"Then Patron shots are the way to go. It's a premium tequila."
"Eww, with the worm inside?"
"Absolutely not," she snickers. "This is an upscale, smooth tasting tequila. Great for margaritas and also for shots and no worms."
