A New Old Watch. 9th in the STOPWATCH Series
Copyright© 2013 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 12
(Authors note: I know I made it sound like Bill Slagle knows about the watch ... he doesn't.)
The welcome home was enthusiastic ... satisfying and thorough. Changing the sheets for a dry spot and opening the windows on both ends of 'the attic' dissipated the 'freshly fucked' atmosphere. Our happy lovers showered and headed out to replenish depleted energy sources ... PIZZA!
Anyone watching the pair would never expect they were married ... married couples don't cuddle on one bench in a booth ... nor do they feed each other choice tidbits ... and they certainly never have to wash faces to remove the evidence. Mr. and Mrs. Slagle, Ph.D (plural) demonstrated they were high school kids on a date. If the management weren't aware, they would have been asked to 'keep it down.' As it was "get a room" was heard more than once.
"We have a room!"
Eventually, they ended up in a puppy pile in said room.
On the morrow, Andie decided she wasn't sufficiently funded.
So...
Using the watch...
She bet ten thousand dollars on Red Rum to win the 1973 Grand National and cleared eighty grand.
She bet with local bookies on high school baseball games, league games, the playoffs and the Series and cleared just under five million..."There's no sense in being greedy," she said.
She did her 'financial work' on the weekends. During the week she timed it to her local ancestry past. As a side hobby she bought (rescued) old cars using a 1919 REO flatbed with a car hauler trailer. Since the REO was NEW when she bought it, she didn't have many breakdowns ... besides ... we're talking about Andy ... and her tools. Up 'til 1933 she paid in gold, and after that she paid in silver.
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