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- Authors: Cassie Mint
- Language: English
- Genre: Contemporary Short Stories
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June
The bar stool beside me is empty, but it’s only a matter of time. The room
is crowded and loud, the air muggy from so many bodies, and I won’t
be solo for more than a few minutes. My mama used to say I have a quality.
Something about me invites people closer—especially men—and I never sit
alone for long before a stranger plonks down beside me and strikes up a
conversation.
It used to bother me. I never asked them over, you know? And sometimes
a girl wants to be left alone to do the puzzle in the paper. Besides, I don’t
trust a man who flirts with a stranger. For all he knows, I’m crazier than a
bag of cats. It’s not smart.
But after a few years of politely sending people away I discovered the
benefit, because for some reason, people tell me all kinds of wild things. I’m
a walking, talking confession booth, and folks line up around the block to tell
me all their dirty secrets.
Secrets are useful, especially in this city.
Secrets can fetch a high price.
And secrets keep my grandma comfy and safe in her special nursing
home. So you think I mind being interrupted these days? Hell no. I practically
kick the stool out, begging for someone to sit down.
I’m after something juicy tonight. The last few weeks, I’ve had a string of
unhappy wives hire me, asking me to attend certain bars then report back
whether their husbands flirt with me or not. I take those jobs, because
grandma’s bills seem to get fatter every month, but I don’t feel good about
them. They always leave a sour taste in my mouth.
They put me off men, too, that’s for sure. There’s no honor left around
here.
“Another drink, June-bug?”
The ancient bartender, Harry, braces his hands against the wood and
smiles at me, face creasing into a thousand wrinkles. Thin black suspenders
cut two stripes over his rounded shoulders, his pinstriped shirt baggy beneath.
Harry knows I’m working, and he leaves me be except for bringing me
drinks. He’s a sweetheart. I have a sneaking suspicion he used to take my
grandma on dates.
My throat is dry. I flick a longing glance at the brown bottles of ginger
ale in the fridge, but I’d better not. If I keep an empty glass in front of me,
that’s another temptation for a stranger to sit down.
And I’m not after just anyone’s secrets tonight. A politician’s coming in
here. My hacker friend Frankie tipped me off, and everyone knows this guy is
crooked as hell. With his dodgy business ties and his wandering hands in the
office, he’s a scandal waiting to happen.
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