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I sat next to her on my bar stool. Ally rotated around where we now both faced the bar. The bar only has eight stools, and we were the only two at the bar. She let her knees move apart the width of the barstool and asked me about her new diamonds, “do you like them. They are zirconia. I think they are a little big and gaudy, but they do get me attention.”
On cue, before I could answer, an older gentleman, perhaps in his mid-sixties sat on the stool next to Ally. Her legs flinched inward for very brief moment then she held her position and let her diamonds shine. The man ordered a whiskey as if she wasn’t there. He then asked the bartender to give us drinks on his tab. Ally was halfway through her martini, and I hadn’t ordered. I asked for a seven and seven. Alfred introduced himself to Ally and me and commented on Ally’s new jewelry[RO1] , “I heard you say they were too gaudy, I think they’re just right[RO2] .” He turned slightly and looked down, and then looked up at the bartender, a small woman I guessed to be in her twenties[RO3] . “What do you think of her zirconia?”[RO4]
[RO1]end of part 1
[RO2]on anchor part 2
[RO3]Billy Joel part 3 stand alone
[RO4]On anchor part 4
By Robert Roe3.2
99 ratings
I sat next to her on my bar stool. Ally rotated around where we now both faced the bar. The bar only has eight stools, and we were the only two at the bar. She let her knees move apart the width of the barstool and asked me about her new diamonds, “do you like them. They are zirconia. I think they are a little big and gaudy, but they do get me attention.”
On cue, before I could answer, an older gentleman, perhaps in his mid-sixties sat on the stool next to Ally. Her legs flinched inward for very brief moment then she held her position and let her diamonds shine. The man ordered a whiskey as if she wasn’t there. He then asked the bartender to give us drinks on his tab. Ally was halfway through her martini, and I hadn’t ordered. I asked for a seven and seven. Alfred introduced himself to Ally and me and commented on Ally’s new jewelry[RO1] , “I heard you say they were too gaudy, I think they’re just right[RO2] .” He turned slightly and looked down, and then looked up at the bartender, a small woman I guessed to be in her twenties[RO3] . “What do you think of her zirconia?”[RO4]
[RO1]end of part 1
[RO2]on anchor part 2
[RO3]Billy Joel part 3 stand alone
[RO4]On anchor part 4