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[QUOTE="billibooo, post: 7201421, member: 433787"]
…Dad did a twirl, flipped his hair, and struck a pose so perfect it could have made Brittany Spears and the Queen Beh cry. The coin spun in the air, glinting under the casino lights, but I wasn’t even looking at it anymore. Something about the whole scene hit me sideways. I see just the little girls eyes, winking??!!

My head swam. That’s when it clicked.

Wait. We [I]did[/I] do a whole bunch of drugs before walking in here, didn’t we??!!! Either way, Mitch Hedberg and Hunter S. Thompson would be proud of my consumptions — reckless, colorful, and poorly timed. The walls looked like they were breathing in and out with the rhythm of the slot machines, and I swear the blackjack cards were whispering to each other.

I waved down the cocktail waitress like a man clinging to sanity and croaked out my order:
“Orange juice, please. Make it a double.”

She gave me a look like I had just asked for sunscreen in a thunderstorm, but she brought it anyway. I wrapped my hands around the glass like it was holy.

Only, when I lifted it to my lips…
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