REWRITE THE STARS
Gabriel had looked at the nearly full decanter in shock.
“All?”
“Right now. Or fuck off!”
So, Gabriel had drunk the entire decanter, gulping down the smooth, smoky Scotch as if it were water. However, his bravado had been lessened when he’d spent the whole afternoon puking in the office bathroom, aware of the other employees laughing at him in the hallway.
When he’d finally gone back to his boss, he’d been red-faced, sweaty, humiliated.
“Now you know not to steal from me,” Paul had said before he coldly turned away. “Get to work.”