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A Short Story : The Alibi Room : A Story?

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The Alibi Room is the bar where he met her, the love of his life. It was dark, small, and a nice place to get away. The brown wooden bar set, to the chairs with the red cushions on them, and the always playing jukebox. This bar is memorable not only for him but for my family as well.

His right hand held a secure grip around the glass of scotch, along with a cigarette in his left. It was like these objects were a part of him and if he let go he’d lose a piece of himself. He took one gulp and finished off the glass, then soon after, he took one last puff from his cigarette.
“Keep them coming, Art,” he spoke across the bar. The bartender poured more of the brown liquid into his glass. He tilted it towards Art as if he were toasting to something, then took a sip. As it hit his mouth, his lips curled and he swallowed, the glass still clutched in his hand.
John had spent every birthday at this bar since he was thirteen years old, that being said, this year was no exception. John sat at the same black leather booth, with the same short, rounded black table, drank the exact same Glenfiddich scotch, and ordered from the exact same bartender every year. You’d think he would spend his birthdays with multiple friends and or family at his house or a small party place, but that was not the case. John’s birthdays were always a party of one. Two if you count Art, the bartender.

Art had been at the bar for years, far longer than John could remember. Everyone in town didn’t just know Art

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