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This is our contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.

Hosted by Denise, guided by the simplest of rules: use the prompt word and tell a Story in exactly six sentenae.

For a sense of continuity, when last we saw Lou… click here.

Prompt word:

REPLAY

Constantin Szarbo sat opposite the owner of the Bottom of the Sea Strip Club and Lounge and without the slightest self-consciousness twisted around to stare through the divider between the Club and the Bar as the lights dimmed on the small stage. His gaze conveyed all the humanity of an Easter Island statue, without the sociability implied by the fact the originals were always in groups.

Lou enjoyed challenges almost as much as he did contests; he was neither intimidated nor annoyed by the visit from Cyrus St. Loreto’s fixer. This assessment from a would-be-business partner was nothing if not a replay of a very familiar dance; the qualifier,  ‘would be’ on the two men’s relationship constituting a reservation on Lou’s part and an enticement on Cyrus’s. Neither man was fond of disappointment yet what gave him an advantage was that it was not personal for Lou Ceasare; nothing was personal to Lou, other than family and business.

A new dancer, Caran Delight, materialized on stage in a shower of pale, blue light to the sound of Freddie Smith’s saxophone intro from a track on Hendrix’s album, ‘Electric Ladyland’.

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