Ace's Wild
“The stench hit him first. It wasn’t something he normally noticed, but apparently tonight everything was out to annoy him. The saloon was pretty much empty except for a couple of passed-out derelicts. By four in the morning, people either found their bed or someone else’s to sleep in. Only a few diehards took advantage of Jenkins’s open-all-night-whenever-he-felt-like-it hours. Ace went straight to the bar.
Jenkins greeted him with a jerk of his chin. “Bit late to be about, isn’t it, Ace?”
... “Bit late to not be sleeping, isn’t it?”
“You’ve got me there. What will you have?”
Ace flipped a coin onto the counter. “Just give me a whiskey.”
Jenkins put a glass down and reached behind the bar. “Glass or bottle?”
“Bottle.”
“That bad a night?”
He took the bottle. “Getting awful nosy in your old age, aren’t you, Jenkins?”MoreLess
Jenkins greeted him with a jerk of his chin. “Bit late to be about, isn’t it, Ace?”
... “Bit late to not be sleeping, isn’t it?”
“You’ve got me there. What will you have?”
Ace flipped a coin onto the counter. “Just give me a whiskey.”
Jenkins put a glass down and reached behind the bar. “Glass or bottle?”
“Bottle.”
“That bad a night?”
He took the bottle. “Getting awful nosy in your old age, aren’t you, Jenkins?”MoreLess
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