Against The Odds

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Beyond the cashiers, the aisles of products led through the store to the pharmacy against the back wall. But Hope’s nose directed her left, where an old-fashioned soda fountain perched in a sea of black-and-white checkerboard tile. The huge mirror behind it reflected the stacks of sundae boats and parfait glasses. All of the white wrought-iron tables were occupied.

Lori led the way through the babble of the lunch crowd to the bar where they snagged the last two seats. “Hey, Sin.”

The young woman behind the bar didn’t even look up. She dispensed a soda from the old-fashioned draft handle and flipped a burger on the grill at the same time. She wore a pink throwback A-line dress with a white frilly apron and pink pillbox cap perched on her turquoise shoulder-length hair. The rims of both ears were encrusted with studs and her lipstick and nail polish were lime green. “Do I look like I got time to chat?” She snapped gum like machine-gun fire. “The McDonald’s is closed for redecorating, and everybody got ravenous at the same time. Holy shit.” She planted a hand on her bony hip and pointed a spatula at Hope. Snap snap. “What’s her problem?”