Danny Gospel by David Athey

Author:David Athey
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2009-09-12T13:00:00+00:00

The muscle man smirked. "So, we're cool?"

"Yeah," I said, analyzing his weak spots and noticing the overripe Adam's apple, "we're cool."

The blonde hissed in my direction, "Sooo not cool. Flannel shirt and overalls. Beyond retro. Loser!"

"At least his chest is real," Jane said.

The muscle man's face grew pensive, as if considering the validity of the comment, and then his brow unfurrowed and he laughed heartily. "A real chest! That's funny."

Everyone in their group agreed, laughing, except of course for the blonde. "That's sooo not funny," she said. And she dug her nails into the cashmere sweater and dragged the muscle man toward the bar. "You better make it up to me, Kendal. I want an Irish car bomb."

I whispered into Jane's ear, "You've never caused trouble in your whole life. What's happened to you?"

She lit another cigarette. "I met Melissa."

"So? I've met her, too. And I didn't start acting crazy in public."

Jane raised an eyebrow. Melissa raised an eyebrow.

"Okay, okay," I acknowledged. "But you girls have gone off the deep end. Last week, you were fine. And now you're ... you're ... this."

"It's called a makeover," Melissa said. "I just walked into dulcinea on a whim and started talking to Jane about clothes and men and terrorism and the end of the world, and we decided to change our lives."

"Make over our lives," Jane said. "You understand that, Danny."

I nodded sympathetically. "Yeah, I understand."

Melissa sipped her beer and started bobbing to a blue tune that was jazzing from the jukebox. "I just love Miles Davis."

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