Gutshot Straight With Bonus Excerpt
“Shake was surprised there was such a big market for antiques. Or rather, as he’d been corrected by the owner of one such shop, a haughty middle-aged woman with the profile and manner of a Roman emperor, “antiquities.”
They hit the fourth one just before it closed for the day.
“Buenos tardes,” Shake told the shop clerk, a girl in her late twenties with hair corkscrewing in every different direction and enough metal bracelets to sink a ship. Or build one. A small, pale scar parted her upper lip, ...which made her even more attractive than she already was.
“How may I help?” she asked.
“We’ll take one of you to go,” Gina said with a wink.
The girl smiled back, confused.
“We’re just browsing,” Shake explained.
“I will bring the proprietor to you,” the girl said.
Shake and Gina moseyed over to the nearest glass case. Inside, on a bed of crushed crimson velvet, were several necklaces that even Shake could appreciate as beautifully crafted and seriously old.
A courtly guy with a rakish black mustache had glided noiselessly over to join them at the counter.MoreLess
They hit the fourth one just before it closed for the day.
“Buenos tardes,” Shake told the shop clerk, a girl in her late twenties with hair corkscrewing in every different direction and enough metal bracelets to sink a ship. Or build one. A small, pale scar parted her upper lip, ...which made her even more attractive than she already was.
“How may I help?” she asked.
“We’ll take one of you to go,” Gina said with a wink.
The girl smiled back, confused.
“We’re just browsing,” Shake explained.
“I will bring the proprietor to you,” the girl said.
Shake and Gina moseyed over to the nearest glass case. Inside, on a bed of crushed crimson velvet, were several necklaces that even Shake could appreciate as beautifully crafted and seriously old.
A courtly guy with a rakish black mustache had glided noiselessly over to join them at the counter.MoreLess
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