Right Away Monday by Joel Thomas Hynes

Author:Joel Thomas Hynes [Joel Thomas Hynes ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781443401623
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada

Down the stairs and out to the street. I’ve taken my pint with me. I take a sip as we’re walking onto Water Street. It’s suddenly warm and bitter slop. Irish bog water. I sprays some in Clay’s face and smashes the half-full glass off the door of the Closet. I’m watching myself do that sort of thing. We round the corner and dip into the Hatchet. I breathe in the stagnant, poisonous air of the bar. My lungs can take more and more with every breath. Clayton lights a smoke and hands it to me. We’re both standing in the doorway, looking over the bar like desperadoes from an old western. It’s funny. I cant decide if I’m gonna shoot the place up or sidle up next to some whore. Shit. That’s harsh. Acid.

Jim McNaughton, right on cue, tips his hat and nods at us before his eyes and heart plummet back into his drink. Neil Young on the box. “Heart of Gold.” Clayton’s old romp is there, clinging to the bar trying to light a match that just wont give up the flame. No way is she coming back to our shack this night. That’s what Clayton is like though. She wiggles her fingers across the bar at us. Clayton shakes his head at her and turns to me.

—I’ll be back.

—Fuck you, where you going?

—Find Isadora.

I know there’s no arguing with him on that. One-track mind he got.

—Coming back?

—I wont be an hour. Just wants to see who she’s with. We’ll hook up and hit the Zone for a laugh.

—Fuck you. Dont go telling that to no one.

He’s gone then and I has a pang of panic about the whole Brutus Bentley thing. I know bloody well Clay’ll tell Isadora right off the bat. Delighted to have something retarded to share with her, anything to bring her back over to his side of the table for the night. He’s mental if you ask me. Going on about how he wants to marry her, when they’ve yet to plug even a full week together. They’ve fought each other every step of the way so far as I can see. Nice to have somebody though, I guess.

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