Big Easy Escapade by Joan Rylen

Author:Joan Rylen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new orleans, kidnapping, vacation, stripper, girls trips
Publisher: Joan Rylen

Chapter 26

Kate swatted at Wendy and Lucy. “Look! Look! Look! It’s Hairy Harry!” She pointed to the hairy guy at a poker table, drenched in the drinks the waitress had been carrying. He looked like the only sleep he’d had was between hands at the poker table, and he still wore the same clothes as the night Daisy was kidnapped. His hair, which was bad to start with, didn’t need any gel to stay slicked back it was so greasy. Harry was crumpled, crusty and cranky.

He threw in his hand and stormed off to the restroom.

“I think freshening up is a lost cause at this point,” Lucy said, scrunching her nose even though they were too far away to smell him.

Wendy looked shocked. “We’ve got to get Viv.”

“Y’all stay here. I’ll run get her,” Kate said and took off.

Vivian kept hitting the spin button, even though she saw Kate darting across the casino in her direction.

Dammit, she found the dense forest or something. She pretended she didn’t see Kate coming.

“Viv! We saw Harry!”

Vivian pushed the max bet button. “Who?”

“Hairy Harry! Come on!” And with that, Kate hit the “cash out” button.

“This thing was about to hit!” Vivian yelled.

“You’re about to get hit if you don’t get up!” Kate said.

Vivian recognized Kate’s kick-ass voice and stood up, grabbing the receipt and her player’s card before she was hauled away.

They made it back to the restroom just as Harry emerged, stumbling a bit, looking down at his shirt.

“Harry, what are you up to?” Vivian asked in a friendly manner.

He looked up, not able to focus, blank look on his face.

“It’s me, Vivian. I met you at the club the other night.” She lied.

“Oh yeah, how ya doin’?” He looked at the other girls, not recognizing them, either.

“Looks like you’ve been on a poker streak,” Wendy said. “You been winning?”

He pointed his index finger at her. “Yeah, baby. Winning.” Then he stumbled to the left.

Vivian reached for him, then thought better of it. “Why don’t you join us for a few minutes at the bar? We’ll buy you a drink since you got us one the other night.”

He put his arm around Vivian and Wendy. “I’m buying, baby.”

Vivian gagged but walked with him. It’s for Daisy. It’s for Daisy.

They sat down at the bar in front of the video poker machines.

“Round of Goldschlager,” Harry yelled at the bartender, then said to the girls, “It has real gold in it.”

The bartender grabbed the bottle from the freezer and poured five shots.

“Wow, Harry,” Wendy said. “You must be loaded.”

Harry didn’t catch the sarcasm. He shrugged and picked up the clear liquid with gold floating flakes.

“To wishing Harry good luck,” Vivian said and slammed it back.

Kate took a sip, then set the drink down on the bar.

Wendy winced. “Cinnamon’s not my thing. Can’t do it.”

Lucy licked her lips, then said to Harry, “So whatcha been doing? Because I’ve gotta say, you look like you’ve been run over by a Mardi Gras float.”

Harry hung his head. “It’s been a rough few days.

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