by Cpt._Funkotron » Tue Oct 30, 2018 4:48 am
Bloody Mary
The soda jerk chargers her a half dollar. As she practices, the pool sharks puff their cigars and look over at her in curiosity between shots. A few minutes in, a man in a brown coat and flat cap, working-class lookin' fella, enters the pool hall and proceeds to the far side, with the doorway to the staircase. The large man nearby steps in front of the threshold, and pulls the newcomer's coat apart, patting him a few times.
"I'm a friend of Jack's" says the newcomer.
"Any friend of Jack is a friend of mine" says the doorman, letting him pass and returning to his place against the wall.
Evie and Dolly
"Looks like he's got tomorrow after lunch at the earliest." says the secretary. Just then, a balding bespectacled man in a three-piece suit appears in the doorway behind her. He takes one look at Evie, and he puts on an accountant's version of charm, an aristocratic drawl pouring out of his mouth like honey and molasses. "Pardon me for overhearing, but I was just on my way out. My name is Hiram Caldwell, I'm the Parish Assessor. Debbie, make that a lunch appointment why don'tcha. It would be unchivalrous of me to let a pair of fine ladies such as ya'selves endure such a tragedy in needless discomfort. I've myself fine relations with the maitre d' at Antoine's".