That bitch . .
he met her earlier that morningnew to the job she put together a small group of
coworkerstheir friends and gathered at a bar that had an outdoor seating area To bond she said
he discovered the bonding at that
particular bar was because she had a thing for bonded liquor Rye or whisky she asked they have Rittenhouse
Rye or Colonel E H Taylor Jrwhich Id recommend
seventeen years oldnamed for the man considered the father on modern
American spirits
he took her recommendation sipped a neat double from a sparkling
tumbler she insisted
That bitch . .
she was talking about her mother
her father had run out before she was born
I would have aborted me if I were her
Then she sticks me with Tammy
her
employment identificationhung from a lanyard which everyone had to wear said Tamie
Can you believe it Because of a song Im Tammy
She was a huge fan of Debbie Reynolds Tammy and the Bachelor What is a bachelorthey dont exist
anymore
Men are older boys
Are you an older boy
Donknow You an older girl
Parried well Anyways welcome to the crewhuh
Yes Thank you You didnt have to put this togethernot for me
OhbutIdid not for you really Were not working yousee so Im sworn as any manager
is afterhours to trot out the fresh meat when it comes in And baby youre fresh meat
she made him blush
he didnt blush often
he didnt blush often
Aw Thats sweet Good thing Im married Id turn you inside out
Tamie was bodacious she was an electric redheadwhich he was never
partial to voluptuous big ass big tits
narrow waistwhich he was
partial to she was likely a
maneater meateater and tossed the gnawed
bones in a heap
in a corner before she
got married
What was I
thinking
What were you thinking I cant read your mind
Nothing Colonel Taylors good
Yes Thank you
I didnt know what bonded spirits are
Youre welcome I like the things I like Youre lucky I like you Management doesnt
think youre a fit
Its
my first day
You dont fit the culture
Culture I was hired to do a job not fit a culture
Theres that Im impressed You got sixty days to impress them or at least enough of them Little bit of a democracy yet
he fit the job for twelve years
before he lost it in a corporate buyout
he definitely didnt fit their
culture
he kept in touch with Tamie
she became his go-to
reference I loved to be your
reference You know what the nicest thing about referring you is
he didnt I dont have to lie
he didnt I dont have to lie
three years out from the buyout
Tamie confessed to him she had an invasive cervical cancer
it turned out to be horribly
aggressive
she didnt want to see him
shed talk on the telephone with
him
probably the last time they talked she
talked about her free dive off Isla Holbox the Yucatandid he remember
Like I can forget You spiced up those underwater snapshots interspersed
them with nudes of yourself
Wanted to make sure you were paying attention now you know what youre missing
I got eyes I got
an imagination I didnt miss a thing
Youre sweet
Ive been told Im hot and
sweet Really something to savor
Hah I can imagine
she had trained the better part
of a year to free dive in hopes of meeting a whale shark
she did
she almost drowned
I should have died thenyou
know I didnt know I was a drowning I was lost I was caught up in its presence
its black eye looking at me my hands to
either side of it it didnt flinch or
recoil I was caught up in peace inside a
scintillating azure web of shimmering light and warmth awed and filled with her majestic presence
Then I blacked out
I cant remember inhaling choking on
seawater
On the boat I remember spasming
expelling watergasping for air shitting
myself
I should have died then
underwater
But you know what I think now
Im happy my memory will remain
alive inside of that beautiful female whale shark when I . . when I wont have any memory of her
I am so happy for that
he couldnt answer her if he tried Ahhmm
he intoned
We decided to quit chemo it
isnt working
I have to hang up now I want to go for a walk in the sun Please take care of yourself
I have to hang up now I want to go for a walk in the sun Please take care of yourself
she hung up
afterwards she didnt answer his callsdidnt respond to his voice messages
then he called The number you have dialed it not a working number
1149, Friday,
22 12. 17
Debbie Reynolds Tammy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew3mtNZFrMY
