You have of course heard the: One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila, Floor. Well it should be One Absinthe, Two Absinthe, Totally absent. The fol...owing Sat. night after our son was to bed we tried the stuff. Just like they say, drizzle a shot over a sugar cube it turns cloudy, it has a distinct licorice taste, similar to some Italian liquors. Of course the underlying alcohol was 75% or 150 proof on the stuff Wendy bought.The fourth shot had us both walleyed, we staggered into the bath. The next instant I had bailed from the bike and dived under the tailgate of an abandoned pickup, rolling into cover.She was an obvious trap bait. I rolled over, drawing my revolver from my hip holster (the rest of my artillery being strapped to the bike that was plowing through a florists window across the street. I saw him just as I heard the shots, lifted the revolver and fired. I got lucky and he toppled from the window above the door where the girl had stepped out of. Another glance and she. I reached up and waited, staring into my drink, unwilling to turn and make eye contact with my dad. I made a quick swing of the eyes to check on Ellie. I was surprised to see her smiling. Her arms were crossed over her tits with impatience.“You got to get a handle on yourself. On your actions and on their consequences.” Dad put his empty glass on the counter and Nastya cleared it away immediately. Dakota slid a replacement to Dad’s hand a heartbeat later.“I don’t even know what my actions were.. Helping her was just normal courtesy, and I helped another woman also, besides stowing my own, so it wasn’t out of character and it made a good ice-breaker. Liz thanked me and sat down, and I sat down beside her, both in our assigned seats. ‘I see we’e going to be seatmates’, I said, by way of beginning introductions. ‘This is a long flight, so I might as well introduce myself. My name is George Boxlicker, but there’s no reason to be formal. Just call me George.’ ‘Glad to meet you, George’, she.