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"Albumen causes the sediment to sink ensuring the Rioja's clarity." The tasting group wanted to smash Carla's head against the barrel. Even among wine connoisseurs, she was a snob.
Carla swirled, poked her crooked nose, swallowed and spit, "Not fruity enough," she said to Cliff her husband whom she had stolen from her depressed friend. During the double date, Carla had shanghaied the conversation with witticisms and flashes of her long legs. Cliff, a widower, recovering from the loss of his sweetheart to a drunk driver, succumbed.
"We won't be bringing this back," she said. Cliff offered an apologetic smile.
Lydia's stories and poems have appeared in 971 Menu, All Things Girl, and Literary Tonic. Work is forthcoming in Girls and Cars and apt.
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