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“Set ‘em up” I said.

Brittney, the owner of the bar, raised an eyebrow as she watched me talk to her new bartender, Jake.

Not ‘set ‘em  up, Joe?” she asked?  It was a running gag I’ve been doing for years. Walk into a bar at Quarter to three and say “set ‘em up Joe” – like the old Sinatra song.   I did it all the time with Brittney till she bought the the place and stopped tending bar.

“Nah” I said. “You’re the only ‘Joe’ here”.  I still call her Joe.  She seems to like it.  In fact she re-named the place “Friends of Joe”.  I felt honored.   Especially since she’s got two names and I don’t even have one.  That’s deliberate.  The less people know about me the better. 

One For My Baby - #6 in the What A Life's Worth Series

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