Below Unforgiven
“We were warned right away that the air conditioner was broken, but no one seemed to care.
Keaton walked into the bar like he owned it, immediately making friends with the bartender. After a brief conversation over my driver’s license, he returned to our table with four beers and four shot glasses.
“Wait, wait,” Robin called as she gathered the glasses, placing each one in front of us. “We have to sing happy birthday to you!”
I kept my wide smile, despite the turmoil of Matthew’s phone call tear...ing the wings off of all of the pleasant butterflies fluttering in my stomach.
Matthew is trying to call me.
Why? I know I’m late with this month’s payment, but he’s never called me about it before. Is it because it’s my birthday?
I thought about his text, my heart constricting at the name he hadn’t called me in so very long.
Are you there, beauty?
“No, we’re not singing happy birthday until midnight,” Keaton reprimanded, and Dean whooped as a group of guys filed out of the bar, leaving the pool table in the back vacant.MoreLess
Keaton walked into the bar like he owned it, immediately making friends with the bartender. After a brief conversation over my driver’s license, he returned to our table with four beers and four shot glasses.
“Wait, wait,” Robin called as she gathered the glasses, placing each one in front of us. “We have to sing happy birthday to you!”
I kept my wide smile, despite the turmoil of Matthew’s phone call tear...ing the wings off of all of the pleasant butterflies fluttering in my stomach.
Matthew is trying to call me.
Why? I know I’m late with this month’s payment, but he’s never called me about it before. Is it because it’s my birthday?
I thought about his text, my heart constricting at the name he hadn’t called me in so very long.
Are you there, beauty?
“No, we’re not singing happy birthday until midnight,” Keaton reprimanded, and Dean whooped as a group of guys filed out of the bar, leaving the pool table in the back vacant.MoreLess
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