Jake had always had an interest in Sadie but felt she
might be out of his league.
Red stood up and raised his glass of beer.
“Ladies and gentlemen. I would like to propose a
toast to Rocky Malone,” he addressed the table.
Everybody at the table raised their glasses in the
air.
Ernie and Mitch watched the toast from their
booth.
“To Rocky. Without him, we don't stand a
chance in hell to win the State Championship game
and I hope that scout from the Pittsburgh Steelers
signs our man to a million dollar contract,” Red
addressed the patrons in the bar.
“Hip hip hooray!” everybody at the table yelled
out in unison.
Ernie stared at Rocky then he got an evil smile
on his face. He suddenly got an evil idea! He leaned
across the booth table at Mitch.
“I got it!” he said at Mitch.
Mitch moved farther back in his seat. “I hope it
ain't contagious,” he said a little fearful and covered
his mouth for protection.
“No you dope. I know how I can pay Sal back,”
Ernie said.
“How?” Mitch replied curiously while he
uncovered his mouth.
“We make sure king jock here can't play worth a
crap during that Championship game,” Ernie said
proud of his idea.
They glanced over at Rocky who loved the
attention he was receiving.
“I not sure I'm following,” Mitch said a little
confused.
“Listen closely you dummy. They can't win
without Rocky. So, we make sure his playing ability
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sucks during that game. Since there's going to be
some major betting action on that game, we place
bets on the other team, then clean up big time. I can
pay off Sal and have tons of money left over to
party,” Ernie said.
Mitch thought about Ernie‟s plan then it finally
sunk in and he smiled and loved the idea. “Fix the
game a little. I like it. But how do we make sure his
playing ability sucks?”
“I'm thinking we could drug him or something,”
Ernie blurted out when the first idea that popped into
his mushy brain.
“With what and how do we do it?” Mitch asked.
Ernie thought for a few seconds then looked
unsure. “I haven't gotten that far yet. But I'll figure
something out soon,” he said.
The front door of the bar opened and Mindy
walked into the bar with Stephanie and Lynda.
They stopped at the door while Mindy scanned
the bar over. He saw Rocky at the long table and
walked over to him.
She gave Rocky a hug and kiss on his cheek.
She pulled up and chair and sat down next to him.
She reached across the table, grabbed his glass of
beer and took a drink. She leaned over to his ear. “I
was thinking of giving you a victory gift in your room
tonight,” she whispered in his ear.
Rocky discreetly glanced at Bianca at the bar.
“Can I take a rain check? I'm beat from that game
and I need to get a good nights sleep,” he replied
while nasty thoughts of being with Bianca filled his
head.
“I understand,” Mindy said a little disappointed.
She took another drink out of Rocky's glass of beer.
“I love you,” she said while she placed his glass on
the table, and gave him a quick kiss on his cheek.
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