The Rooster Bar (2017)
“According to Todd, he and Mark wanted to treat her to a fine meal. One look at the place, though, and she knew something was up. They were waiting in a corner booth, both dressed in new suits, both unshaven and working on beards, and both wearing odd new eyeglasses. Mark’s were round tortoiseshell. Todd preferred a narrow frameless pair in the European style.
She sat across from them and said, “Okay, what’s going on?”
Todd asked, “Did you go to class this week?”
“I tried. At least I made the effort. Didn’t see you boys around.”
Mark said, “We’ve dropped out, and we highly recommend it.”
Todd said, “It’s exhilarating, Zola. No more law school. No more worries about the bar exam.”
“I’m listening,” she said. “Where’d you get those suits?”
A waiter took their drink orders. Beers for the boys, a soda for her.
“It’s our new look, Zola,” Mark said. “We’re lawyers now and we have to look the part, though in our line we can’t look too sharp.
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