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- Angel and Doug waited in the reception area of Timberhill Hospital, for Raven to pick them up. Raven was one of the three quick-date gals that had worked with Angel above the VFW hall.
- Raven arrived ten minutes late. She blamed the rain and stupid drivers for her delay, but really she had stopped at Cindy’s Java Hut and bought three large Mocha Delights with extra foam.
- Doug and Angel were going to get in the front seat of the silver Cadillac, but Raven said, "You two get in the back, I’ll chauffeur."
- After they got in, Raven drove the car out from under the hospital’s portico then stopped. She handed the Mocha Delights to them.
- "You two sit back there, take a swig of Cindy’s finest, get a big foam mustache, then give each other a big honeymoon kiss."
- They did!
- Quickly, Raven picked up her camera and took a picture. It was the only wedding picture Angel and Doug would ever have.
- "How about I drive you two to my place, show you where the bedroom is... then leave? I’m scheduled in Olympia for three bachelor parties, one tonight and two tomorrow night. Then I have to go to Seattle and stay with Mom and Dad for a night, to make up for missing them on the holidays.
- She took a sip of her mocha.
- "I was, you know, scheduled, on Christmas and New Year’s Eve. You two can have three days of honeymoon, at my place... if you want."
- Angel began to cry. "Thanks Rav."
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- Dr. Rasher browsed his wine rack. He picked the most expensive bottle of French Chardonnay he had. He had bought it at a wine auction for $126. One dollar above the other guy’s bid.
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- Dr. Rasher drove around the circular driveway of Mrs. Jenkins’ estate and parked. By his wristwatch he was four minutes early. Looking at the watch brought back a bad memory, he cussed the watch. "Piece of crap!"
- He had bought wristwatch at the hotel gift shop where the wine auction had been held. A week later, one of his patients noticed the watch, and rolled up his sleeve, and showed Dr. Rasher the same watch. The patient said, "I’m surprised you shop Wal-Mart."
- That afternoon, Dr. Rasher put on a baseball cap and sunglasses and sneaked into Wal-Mart. He learned he had paid $63 too much. Wal-Mart sold them at the ‘Clearance Corner’ in their jewelry department.
-When he got to his office, he tossed the watch in the trash.
- The next morning his nurse handed the watch back to him and said, "I have no idea how this got in the trash, but here it is. I’m surprised you shop Wal-Mart."
- A few days later, Dr. Rasher went to McDonald’s for a lunch salad. Behind the counter was a young girl, another of his patients.
- He finished his salad and left the watch on the booth’s table... that was intentional... leaving his money clip on the booth’s seat wasn’t intentional.
-He estimated the clip held three of the four twenty-dollar bills he had started with that day.
- That evening the McDonald’s girl brought the watch back to him... but not the money clip.
- Dr. Rasher thought, "The third time’s a charm."
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- He picked up the bottle of Chardonnay and walked toward the elaborately styled front door of Mrs. Jenkins’ estate. Before he could press the doorbell button, she opened the door.
- "Good evening Sampson. Prompt! Nice!"
- He handed her the bottle. "Were you waiting at the door?"
- "No. I don’t wait at doors. The security system beeped when you entered the main gate."
- She looked at the bottle.
- "Oh! I have about half a case of this in the wine cellar."
- He looked around the foyer and noticed a security panel. Its monitor displayed a sequence of pictures of the main gate, and the circular driveway, and his car. She pressed a few buttons on the security panel then shut its door. He didn’t ask what she had done, but it made him feel like he was her prisoner.
- He sniffed the air and smelled garlic. "Are we having scallops in garlic sauce?"
- "No. I didn’t cook, I ordered Domino’s pizza."
- "Chardonnay and pizza?"
- "No. I bought a bottle of Mogen-David. I love cranberry juice and Mad Dog 20/20 wine spritzers, and pizza with extra cheese... I own Domino’s Pizza in Sanonte."
- She didn’t offer to give the bottle back to him. He glanced at his watch and made a mental note that he had been in her house less than a minute, and already he was out $126 for wine and wouldn’t get to taste it. He felt slightly taken advantage of.
- What he didn’t know was her plans for him that night. She was going to take him to the cleaners... she owned the dry cleaners too.
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- That's the latest from Sanonte, or Sanity
- G, January 6, 2008