Tequila & Time: A Short Story from the Deadwood Humorous Mystery Series (Deadwood Shorts Book 4) by Ann Charles

Author:Ann Charles [Charles, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Deadwood Shorts: Tequila and Time
Publisher: Ann Charles
Published: 2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00

Four Tequila

An unknown amount of tequila-inspired trash talking later …

Tequila was a slippery devil. One minute, I had the tail by the donkey. The next thing I knew, it’d bucked me out of the saddle.

“I have a question for you,” I said, handing my pool cue to Natalie.

She frowned at it. “Why are you handing me that?”

“I’m passing the baton.”

“What’s that have to do with a question for me?” She took the pool cue from me.

“No, it’s my turn to ask the question.”

“Are you already tequila fried?”

“Truth,” I answered, picking up my last shot glass and taking a sip. “No, but I’m getting close to tequila toasted.” As in my face was numb, but my brain wasn’t gone yet. “Now it’s my turn.”

She put both pool cues down on the felt and leaned her hip against the table. “Ask away, Calamity Violet.”

“Truth or drink? Did you really sleep with that no-good bitch’s boyfriend back in high school?”

“By ‘no-good bitch’ you mean your sister?”

I nodded. “Remember how she bragged about making out with that guy I was sleeping with? You know, the one with the Tom Selleck mustache?”

“You weren’t sleeping with that one.”

“I wasn’t? Oh, you’re right.” I thought so anyway. The tequila haze made it hard to see that memory straight.

“But you planned to on the next date.”

“Oh, yeah.” I glared down at the shot glass in my hand. “I had big plans.”

“Yes, you did. But Susan slept with him first.”

“She beat me to the plunge, the whore.” I took another sip of tequila to wash that acrid memory down.

“Or something like that.” Natalie hopped up on the side of the pool table, her legs dangling over the edge. “I didn’t sleep with Susan’s boyfriend, but I did make out with him behind the concession stand.”

“Because he was hot?”

“No, because someone needed to retaliate. You were too busy crying in your pillow when the opportunity arose.”

“He told Susan you two had sex.”

She laughed. “In case you hadn’t noticed, he liked to tell tall tales. But I let him talk because I knew how much it would piss off Susan.”

“You ruined him for her.” I smiled about it, too. “He dumped her after that but never explained why.”

Her eyes sparkled. “Well, I might have told him that she had a chronic genital rash that the doctor had not been able to find a cure for yet, so he should be careful where he stuck things.”

I covered my mouth. “Oh, you’re bad,” I said from behind my hand.

“Like I said, someone needed to retaliate.” She tossed down what was left of her fourth shot in one gulp. “I had your back. I always have. That’s why it hurt so much when you stabbed me in mine.”

I winced. Even in my three shots of tequila liquored-up state, I still felt that blow. Guilt filled me, burning hot in my cheeks. I deserved worse.

“My turn,” she said. “Truth or drink? During all of those times you messed around with Doc when I was still

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