#file under: top five worst locations to learn ur the father

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when: early june ( pre- event) where: the hellcat’s den who: poppy & rafael ( @havntedhouses )

Naturally he’s in the very last establishment she checks. Which isn’t saying much given how small this town is, and really Poppy should have just started here knowing him as well as she once did. Rafael is mercifully alone in a booth, but for a moment she imagines the ensuing hilarity of sharing her news with a dancer on his lap. She will just have to make do with him alone.

“Hi,” she sinks into opposite booth and slides a double of whatever passed for top shelf here towards him, pageant queen smile to temper the coolness of her voice. “It’s been a while.” Poppy downs half her gin and tonic, then leans forward, elbows resting on the table. “Right, so there’s really no good way to start this but… do you remember that night in New York, about six or so years ago?”