Lance Risko had jumped bail and it was my job to get him in cuffs and in front of a judge\u2026 again. My name is Stephanie Peach and I\u2019m a bond control officer in Hoboken, New Jersey. That\u2019s right, a bounty hunter. The only problem with this assignment was that I needed to find him first. Lola as usual had an idea, and, as usual, it involved either eating donuts or gambling. In this case both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI need a box of Buttercream maple bars if I\u2019m goin\u2019 to figure this scheme out, but I think if we go to Lance\u2019s Atlantic City Casino and lose a lot at blackjack, we can make a stink and get pulled up to the manager\u2019s office. I\u2019ll distract him and you get into his phone and find out where Risko is hiding out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seemed like as good a plan as any, put wouldn\u2019t you know it, when we got to the blackjack table, I just kept winning. First deal I got an ace and an 8. Now I\u2019m no genius, but I know you don\u2019t ask for a hit on 19, but I figured I\u2019d stick to the plan. A 2 of hearts. Shit I won. Then next deal a 7 of hearts and a 6 of clubs. I stay. The dealer busts. Then I get a queen of diamonds and a king of clubs. Hit me I say. An Ace of Diamonds. And this is how the night went. And then the free drinks start comin\u2019. Finally, this sommelier type comes up and asks if I want a bottle of their finest wine for my friend and me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSure\u201d, I say, \u201cdo you have the Complant Chardonnay. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He says, \u201cma\u2019am, you have excellent taste. As a matter of fact the 2020 has just arrived. I\u2019ll be right back with a bottle and two glasses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyway, I\u2019m up 5 big at midnight and I\u2019m thinkin\u2019, hey screw the body receipt, I think I\u2019ll just cash out. That\u2019s when I sense a shadow looming over me and realize that one of Risko\u2019s goons, a certain Bubba Stark, is sidling up behind me and I feel a hard object sticking into my ribs through his shark skin suit jacket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cClearly that\u2019s not a banana and clearly, you\u2019re not happy to see me\u201d I quip<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd neither is Mister Risko. The boss wants to see ya upstairs alone,\u201d he mutters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt least let a lady finish her glass of Chardonnay,\u201d I counter, my hand only shaking a little<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIs that the 2020 Complant? Why the wife and me had it last night. It\u2019s got a light straw yellow color and a nose of white flowers, apple blossoms, lychee, lime zest and a hint of camembert rind. On the entry, notes of crisp lime zest give way to a lightly creamy mid-palate with flavors of honey, caramel, lily and alyssum. It has a long finish ending with a refreshing note of acidity. Yeah go ahead and enjoy, I have a feeling it\u2019ll be the last nice thing to happen to you for awhile.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, I figure if I was going to go down at least it would be with the taste of a great wine on my tongue. That\u2019s when Lola pulled out her baretta and started firing. As we ran for the exit, I reached over and grabbed that bottle with the apple blossom on it. No way I\u2019m leaving that behind. The 5 K, I\u2019ll get another time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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