They look the clientele over

"What will you have, ladies?" the female bartender asks. She smiles at the two teenaged girls. They don't recognize her, so she must be from one of the other small towns nearby.

"I'll have a vodka and cranberry juice," says Loretta.

"I'd like a tequila sunrise, please," says Connie.

"Okay, can I see your IDs, please?" the bartender replies.

The girls get out their fakes and pass them over. The bartender glances at them and passes them back. "Thanks, ladies." She starts making their drinks.

The two girls grin at each other when the bartender's back is turned. They look over the bar patrons.

A middle-aged man in a dressed shirt and tie with the top button of the shirt unbuttoned and the tie loosened on his neck sits sipping beer and watching the baseball game on the television. He looks about 40 and not bad looking. At another table an older guy, also about 40, and a younger guy, about 25, are talking over lowballs. They also have dress shirts on, but seemed to have shed their ties. At the end of the bar sits a goodlooking twenty-something guy sipping beer and watching the game. In the far corner, a group of four men and a woman are having a good ole' time drinking and talking loudly. A middle-aged woman in a business suit with skirt and jacket sits alone drinking wine and typing on her phone.