The SmithChapter 23 Fallout
Both Catherine and Gretchen downed two straight whiskeys on the mile plus return trip to the hotel, with Cat coughing harshly after each one. The older woman was a wreck. Inside our room, Cat helped her out of her clothes while I ordered room service with a promise of a two-hundred-dollar tip if it was here in less than ten minutes. The bourbon and croissants arrived before the women were out of the shower. Both received a tumbler of the watered whiskey, a glass of water with ice, a...