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I wasn’t going to bother changing out of a pants and the lavender top It reraceful intention One of the skills Madame Collette had drilled into me

“That’s all you have to do I proirls, and there’s no way they can lose And you kno they like to win” I heard the giggle in her voice

Again, this was silly, but I had joined silly I was a part of tea and walked out the door

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Sam

The lights were dinized us Despite Stubbs’ cocky speech, I felt pretty safe invading Warrior territory on a Sunday night There was a guy on stage singing solass of water

Wes ca to the hard stuff?”

“Yeah”

He held up his fingers to the bartender “Two bourbons, neat”

The guy already had them poured before I could turn down the drink It didn’t help that I had a reputation fro a fraternity when I was drafted I made damn sure the veterans liked me, especially Wes

Wes grinned “To toainst mine and kicked back the thick liquor I didn’t have a choice I sed it and felt the fire from my throat to my belly

“That’s good shit” He slapped me on the back

“Thanks for the drink”

He pointed to the bartender “Another round”

Shit, he was just getting started I took the second round and it went down smoother than the first