Another Day in Paradise. It’s a 6.

Cheshire cat snuggled beneath satin sheets, smile widening as she stretched her waking body, Denise began inching towards the middle of the king size bed where sunshine, breaking through window blinds like Grandmaster Flash, was waiting to take the chill out of the room this late November morning. What a night, don’t think I’ve had that much fun since… 

Running both hands through sleep tousled hair, her right one caught on the baubles of a piece of jewelry most people wore as a necklace; the Bartender at the Six Sentence Café & Bistro laughed out loud as the memory of the prior evening’s events tumbled into full consciousness. Leaping out of bed, she stopped abruptly just long enough to make a mental note –don’t forget to thank the tall thin man for the introduction – then hurried downstairs to the kitchen.

Opening a new bag of New England Coffee Donut Shop blend, she couldn’t resist bringing the bag up to her nose to savor the aroma before scooping the granules and emptying them into the coffee maker’s basket (while her reputation had grown steadily as mixologist extraordinaire, what most people didn’t know was she also made a damn fine cup of coffee).

Thanks to the Six Sentence Café & Bistro hosting the annual meeting of the Association of Costume Jewelry Designers and Manufacturers, she’d have the next couple of days off which meant, no work and all play.