I pulled the camel hair great coat's collar high and wrapped my scarf around it. The short cropped stubble of my beard caught in the material slightly, the friction somehow increasing the warmth just a little. Bloody -35 Fahrenheit. What the hell happened to global warming anyway?
I covered the two blocks quickly, my boots slipping occasionally on the icy surface of the sidewalk, and the wind forcing heat out of my coat in spite of the thickness of the material. Jim's Place was my favourite little secret. There wasn't anything special there, except that Jim himself always made me a Reuben sandwich with provolone every Wednesday. We'd spend my lunch time, sometimes longer, talking politics while he waited on the counter, the waitress serving the tables in the larger area so that we could have our space. Trina was an exceptional waitress. She could handle all 20 tables single handed at lunch. She was far too stringy for my tastes.
I burst into the restaurant to the unhappy cry of several patrons exhorting me to close the door quick. I knew half of them. I laughed. So many little concerns in life. Why make the opening and closing of a door one of them.
"How you doin', Mike," Jim asked as he wiped a spot clean on the counter and poured me a cup of coffee.
"Good. Life's good, though I've been working non-stop on an edit for some idiot who thinks sandwich has an m in it. If I didn't want the book this badly, I'd tell him to get lost."
"You're too funny." A crash came from the kitchen making Jim shake his head and close his eyes.
"Trina off her game today, Jim?"
"No. Trina quit. She said she was tired of me grabbing her ass all the time."
"Huh. I didn't notice she had one."
Jim roared with laughter. "Yeah. She was pretty thin all right. Not like the new one."
"Yeah? Do tell, man."
"She's cute. Way too young for you though, unless she's into the daddy
daughter thing."
"Is she? Into it I mean?"
"How the fuck would I know. Maybe you should ask her yourself if you get the chance. She's tiny, but she's got a nice rack and some dynamite curves."
"What do you know about her?"
"Not much. She was having a coffee this morning when Trina started screaming at me. This one piped up and said she could give me a hand. I think I've made about half what I've lost today in broken dishes."
I laughed. "A bit of a klutz?"
"I don't know. She's great with the customers. Way nicer than Trina ever was, and with her build she's likely to make a lot in tips. I'll let her try for a while."
That's when the door marked 'In' to the kitchen suddenly swung in the out direction.
I covered the two blocks quickly, my boots slipping occasionally on the icy surface of the sidewalk, and the wind forcing heat out of my coat in spite of the thickness of the material. Jim's Place was my favourite little secret. There wasn't anything special there, except that Jim himself always made me a Reuben sandwich with provolone every Wednesday. We'd spend my lunch time, sometimes longer, talking politics while he waited on the counter, the waitress serving the tables in the larger area so that we could have our space. Trina was an exceptional waitress. She could handle all 20 tables single handed at lunch. She was far too stringy for my tastes.
I burst into the restaurant to the unhappy cry of several patrons exhorting me to close the door quick. I knew half of them. I laughed. So many little concerns in life. Why make the opening and closing of a door one of them.
"How you doin', Mike," Jim asked as he wiped a spot clean on the counter and poured me a cup of coffee.
"Good. Life's good, though I've been working non-stop on an edit for some idiot who thinks sandwich has an m in it. If I didn't want the book this badly, I'd tell him to get lost."
"You're too funny." A crash came from the kitchen making Jim shake his head and close his eyes.
"Trina off her game today, Jim?"
"No. Trina quit. She said she was tired of me grabbing her ass all the time."
"Huh. I didn't notice she had one."
Jim roared with laughter. "Yeah. She was pretty thin all right. Not like the new one."
"Yeah? Do tell, man."
"She's cute. Way too young for you though, unless she's into the daddy
daughter thing."
"Is she? Into it I mean?"
"How the fuck would I know. Maybe you should ask her yourself if you get the chance. She's tiny, but she's got a nice rack and some dynamite curves."
"What do you know about her?"
"Not much. She was having a coffee this morning when Trina started screaming at me. This one piped up and said she could give me a hand. I think I've made about half what I've lost today in broken dishes."
I laughed. "A bit of a klutz?"
"I don't know. She's great with the customers. Way nicer than Trina ever was, and with her build she's likely to make a lot in tips. I'll let her try for a while."
That's when the door marked 'In' to the kitchen suddenly swung in the out direction.
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