by Diana Orgain | Apr 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
From Fleeced at Yappy Hour Chapter Three Part Two… “It’s just a feeling,” I finally shrugged. “Gut instinct. But my gut instinct was to find you all perpetually annoying when we first met, and I was wrong there, so I’m probably just as wrong here.” “Oh, sweetheart, the Roundup Crew lives to be perpetually annoying,” Brenda grinned. “Come on, Max. I want to get a good look at this stranger before he hightails it out of here when he finds out how crazy we are.” Brenda grabbed Max’s hand and yanked him out of the Wine and Bark. I half expected to glance out the window and see her grabbing a pair of binoculars from the fish and tackle/dance studio next door before they went down to pay a “casual” visit to their friend Yolanda. “A gut feeling, huh?” Rachel adjusted the strap of her black tank top and leaned over the smooth counter to peer into my eyes. I pushed my feet on the wall of the bar below me, sending my stool into a counter-clockwise spin. “He was too handsome.” I wrinkled my nose, thinking of the strange glinting I’d seen in his window the night before. “And he shut his blinds on me.” “Oh, gee, someone shut their blinds so you couldn’t stare into their brand new place. How terrifying.” Rachel was joking, but the biting sarcasm underneath her tone was like a punch in my gut. “Fine,” I snapped. “Crazy Maggie, always overreacting. You know, when I found Dan lying dead on the floor over there, with blood seeping out of him from every angle, and...
