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Elrod—02 Lifeblood

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Chapter 1

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"BE A SPORT," I said to the bartender, not quite meeting his eye, "I'm

nursin' a broken heart."

"Yeah, yeah," he replied, and continued polishing a glass with a gray

rag.

"No foolin', I got the money." And I fumbled five singles from my shirt

pocket and let them flutter onto the damp black wood of the bar. "Come

on, that's worth a bottle, ain't it? I won't make no trouble."

"You can make book on it."

He had a right to be confident. We were nearly the same height, but I'm

on the lean side and he was built like a steam shovel and just as solid.

He thought he could take care of me.

He stopped polishing the glass and put it down next to the bills. I

smiled and tried to look friendly, which was a hell of an act under the

circumstances. This was one of those cheaper-than-two-bit dives where

you take your life in your hands just by going to the men's room. From

the smell of things, the facilities were located just outside the front

door against the wall of the building, gentlemen on the left, ladies

I renewed my hopeful smile and rustled the bills temptingly.

He looked at them, then gave me a fishy eye, gauging my apparent