New Husband. Old One Gone novel · Chapter 17 of 32
Chapter 17: Last Call
The bar was a cinderblock box painted navy blue, with a neon anchor buzzing in the front window.
The kid was waiting by the door in his work boots.
"You want me to come in?"
"Stay out here," I said. "Call Sawyer. Tell him where."
I went in with Corey's cane in my hand.
It was dark inside, and cold, and it smelled like fryer oil and old beer.
A ballgame played on a TV over the bar with the sound off.
Two old men sat at the bar with their hats on.
Three young Marines with fresh haircuts were playing pool. A woman was doing a crossword.
Corey sat at a table in the back, under a dartboard.
Bryce sat across from him in a polo shirt and khakis, with his back to the wall.
On the table in front of Corey there were four glasses of whiskey.
Four.
All full. All with the ice gone to water.
Next to them lay a big manila envelope with a pen on top of it.
Bryce saw me first.
He didn't look surprised. He looked like I was a waitress who'd taken too long.
"Rosie," he said. "Pull up a chair."
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