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circles, probably from a life of smoking. Samantha¡¯s lips were my favorite feature on her
face, so naturally pink, soft, and plump. Then there was Mandy¡¯s lips¡ªa similar shade,
but thinner and chapped.
Don¡¯t get me wrong, Mandy was hot, hotter than some of the chicks I¡¯d nailed in the
past. Hot or not, however, the uncanniness was tripping me out.
¡°Hellooo? Isaac?¡± She laughed and waved her hand in front of my eyes, making me
flinch back. I had completely zoned out. Was I staring at her this whole time? Fuck, I had
to get my head straight and seal this. On the back of my head, I could feel the club¡¯s eyes
observing my progress, I couldn¡¯t fuck this up.
¡°Actually¡ª¡± I said. ¡°Call me Wrench.¡±
¡°Wrench?¡± She raised a brow.
¡°Yeah, Nickname. Only the bartender calls me by my name around here.¡±
¡°Oh, uh¡ well, good to meet you, Wrench?¡±
¡°You as well, Mandy,¡± I said, ready to officially put the charm on. ¡°What¡¯s the most
beautiful woman in the whole Tavern doing alone?¡±
She giggled and flipped her hair over her shoulder. Good. She liked that one.
¡°Lookin¡¯ for trouble.¡±
¡°Looks like I showed up at the right time.¡± Before, I would have taken her upstairs to
my bed right then and there, but for some reason, I felt the strange and foreign need to
get to know her more, first. ¡°So, what do you do, Mandy?¡±
Seemed like she was expecting my prior actions, too, because she seemed a little
caught off guard by the question. ¡°Oh. I work at a motel, housekeeper.¡±
¡°Ah,¡± I said. ¡°Sounds interesting.¡± I was quickly realizing why I tended to avoid doing
this. It wasn¡¯t that there was anything wrong with what she was saying or doing, but there
wasn¡¯t any spark driving me to care.
¡°What about you? Though, I think it¡¯s obvious¡¡±
On my arm, I felt her fingers waltz up my leather jacket until they landed on our club¡¯s
green and yellow patch stitched to the right shoulder. I shifted my eyes from hers and
asked her, ¡°Bother you?¡±
¡°Not even in the slightest.¡± Hearing her acceptance of my life didn¡¯t feel like anything,
