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I looked out the window and sighed lighting a cigarette. Opening the door, I stepped out onto the wooden deck. I stood there while looking outside all around me. I looked down to my cigarette, it needed to be flicked but I just watched the ash until it fell to the floor. I sighed again and moved over to the edge of the porch and leaned up against the railing. The big back yard sprawled out in front of me. I inhaled deeply, the smoke filling my… Continue

We squeezed into an overflowing bar off a street that seemed entirely devoted to Friday-night stag parties. She seemed almost embarrassed on behalf of her hometown because as soon as we arrived, she could tell it wasn't really my cup of tea. "Usually this place is pretty good," she shouted into my ear as we pushed between the bodies packed into a dimly-lit space. The loud music made conversation almost impossible.



I started looking… Continue