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Smokers huddled together under the small roof, outside the main entrance, as the rain pelted down. He missed the days when you could smoke inside a bar or restaurant, or anywhere for that matter. f*****g sanctimonious non-smokers had ruined it for all the smokers, selfish bastards. A local alternative band played inside the bohemian style bar. Pictures of Bob Marley and m*******a leaves adorned the walls. The furniture was painted in Rasta colours – yellow, red, green. The female lead vocalist’s husky voice battled to compete with the bass guitarist whose amp was turned up too high and drowned everything else out.
Andre scanned the area around the bar looking for a girl he could separate from the herd. Young girls always travelled in packs, and separating one from the group at a bar in
