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Thirsty Work — Chapter 22: leave taking
Two young women from California travel to New Orleans in search of redemption after the death of their mother. Carolee thinks she will show her little sister the world, but what they find in the barrooms of the French Quarter at Mardi Gras is more than she knows how to handle, or could have imagined back home. This is the twenty-second chapter of the novel Thirsty Work.
It wasn’t as hard as I’d imagined, going back into the apartment after I kicked the car. Everyone pretended they hadn’t seen me behaving badly on the sidewalk, or maybe they really didn’t see me, or were so wrapped up in their packing that they didn’t care. But as intent as they were on getting ready, it seemed to take forever for anyone to actually go.
First we had to pose for pictures. Terri came down from upstairs and took a few of the whole gang with various cameras. Then she posed with the group for a few more, her blonde head towering over the rest of us in her spike heels, her big breasts and deep cleavage stealing every scene.
Peter and Stan were the first to leave, giving everyone a big hug and a little piece of paper with their addresses and phone numbers on it before climbing into either side of their VW van. As they drove off down the street I felt a small weight lift off my chest, and a little worry bloom in…
