We entered the bar and I looked around for Phil, but he wasn"t there yet. Four men were sitting at the bar, two of which looked familiar from my previous visit, and a woman was sitting in a dark corner on the far side. I headed over to the same booth Phil and I had occupied our first time around. It was a nice quiet corner, and I liked that aspect of it. Billy stopped and asked the bartender for two beers, then joined me. We both took the wall side of the booth; that way we could see the door and anyone who entered the bar. It also gave me a view of the entire place. The woman sitting in the dark corner was facing our direction, but the shadows that played on her booth made it hard to see her clearly.
The bartender arrived with our beers just as Phil entered the building. He was decked ou
