{"id":814,"date":"2018-11-14T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.victoriasaccentiwrites.com\/?guid=6f383a7dd8f752da5166a3d72c165cd5"},"modified":"2018-11-14T12:53:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T12:53:00","slug":"welcome-to-the-watch-rwisa-write-showcase-tour-rrbc-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriasaccentiwrites.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/14\/welcome-to-the-watch-rwisa-write-showcase-tour-rrbc-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the WATCH &quot;#RWISA&quot; WRITE Showcase Tour! #RRBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2mHISkbRPNo\/W-Gwppq53LI\/AAAAAAAABTo\/fwGf4U4Uv4EjJdSkrlwu1ceKf1PJhEXDQCPcBGAYYCw\/s1600\/Blog%2BTour%2BBanners.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"563\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2mHISkbRPNo\/W-Gwppq53LI\/AAAAAAAABTo\/fwGf4U4Uv4EjJdSkrlwu1ceKf1PJhEXDQCPcBGAYYCw\/s400\/Blog%2BTour%2BBanners.png\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Welcome, dear guests! I&#8217;m so glad you&#8217;ve stopped by. The purpose of Watch RWISA Write Showcase Tour is to highlight the work of nineteen talented authors. The RWISA (Rave Writers &#8211; Int&#8217;l Society of Authors) is an elite branch of the outstanding Rave Reviews Book Club, featuring the best of the best in writing.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pleased to introduce John W. 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Howell<\/h3>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">I know its morning, but I don\u2019t want to open my eyes. I am starting to remember what went on last night and I don\u2019t even want to imagine who might be sleeping next to me. Not that I think there is anyone there since I\u2019m pretty sure I came home alone. I didn\u2019t want to go back alone, and god knows I tried hard to prevent sleeping by myself. I do remember coming on to the beautiful woman in the bar. Wait a minute. I remember it because it was so early in the evening, I didn\u2019t have a lot to drink then. I know I drink too much and lately, I have been having a hard time getting the events of the previous night together. Okay, so before I open my eyes, I will give a thought to what I believe the evening turned out to be.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">First, I met David at the bar, and we had a drink. I ordered gin on the rocks and David had bourbon. So far so good. David and I were discussing something about workout shoes, then he left for the bathroom. The woman came in and asked if I would mind buying her a drink. She had some story about losing her purse and being pretty much stranded. I remember asking her if she had someone she could call. I think she told me, no, but I\u2019m not sure. Anyway, we had a couple more drinks, and sometime in there, David came back. I introduced the woman to David. I think her name was Chloe or Carolyn. By this time, I am starting to feel pretty good. I ask her if she would like to stay over and I remember her telling me she was not that kind of girl. We had some more drinks and then decided to go to dinner. I asked the woman if she would like to join us and she was pretty definite about the decline. I chalked it up to my usual d\u00e9class\u00e9, and David and I left.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Now from there, it is a little fuzzy. I remember ordering dinner and a couple more drinks. I really don\u2019t remember finishing the meal or leaving the place. This lack of memory is foretelling me that from experience the outcome will not be good. I\u2019m sure David and I went out after dinner as we always do and so there are some blank places where mayhem could have occurred. I am now sweating quite hard, and it isn\u2019t the heat either. The room must be fifty degrees if it is one. The sweat is as a result of the sinking, bottom of stomach pit nervousness coming from the fact I have no idea what I did after we left the restaurant. My head is also beginning to ache as a warning to my body the caffeine level in my system is getting dangerously low. I am afraid I have no alternative, but to get up and face whatever needs facing so I can get some coffee. I know I will also need some painkiller as well. I will try aspirin and know from previous headaches I will need to wash it down with about three fingers of vodka. No ice just the ice-cold vodka from the freezer in a glass with no ceremony. Get it into the system fast so the memory will come back, and these infernal shakes will slow down for the moment.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">I steel myself and get ready to get out of the bed. I will need to move my body slowly, so I don\u2019t cause a situation that inevitably leads to nausea and the arrival of the dreaded throw up that doesn\u2019t have the decency to come when I\u2019m numb and in the bag. I know my body would prefer if I did, in fact, throw up, but my mind still considers throwing up the sign of someone who can\u2019t hold their liquor. God knows I can hold mine even if I can\u2019t remember a damn thing about the night before. Now is the time to open the eyes and have a look around. I do the left one first since I think I am closer to the left side of the bed and I\u2019m sure no one is there. When I open my eye, I can almost hear the tearing of the lids as they try to separate. Another joy of falling asleep drunk; the eyes feel glued shut. I look with my left eye and see nothing but the bedroom window looking reddish and covered in the gauzy curtains one of my past loves put up there. The red glow must be the bloodshot view my iris gets looking out of my eyeball.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">I open the right and almost scream out loud. My worst nightmare has come true and is lying next to me. That beautiful Chloe or Caroline is sound asleep, and now I have to wonder why I didn\u2019t feel the heat of her body before I opened my eyes. Immediately the old Coyote ugly joke comes to mind about chewing off an arm to get away, but this woman is not ugly and not on my arm. I begin to hyperventilate since no good can come from not remembering how this lovely creature ended up in my bed. I can see she doesn\u2019t seem to have a shirt on either. I am not about to probe to understand about the pants and must try to get to my medications before I actually throw up right here in the bed. I roll to the left and swing my legs over the edge of the bed and sit up as gracefully as I can. I see I am completely naked and instead of feeling free, I believe I feel more like someone who has a clamp around the midsection. I rise off the bed very slowly.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cMorning darling,\u201d she says.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cUh good morning,\u201d I say. \u201cWould you like some coffee?\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cUmmm that sounds so good right now.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI\u2019ll be right back. Don\u2019t go away.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cOh, don\u2019t worry I won\u2019t.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Son of a bitch. What the hell have I done now? I can feel my gag reflex starting to go into automatic drive, so I rush to the kitchen and open the freezer. The vodka is right there, and I am not even going to wait for the glass. I take three big swallows and hold my breath. My stomach gives a lurch like I just dropped an explosive down the hatch but retains the liquid in place. \u201cGod thank you,\u201d I say out loud. It Looks like I can go to the coffee machine and brew some strong stuff. At times like these, I am so thankful I quit smoking. As bad as I feel, had I consumed a couple of packs of smokes, I would have wanted to kill myself about now. I hold on to the counter as the coffee begins its cycle.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cHow do you feel?\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">I wheel around and almost lose my precious vodka which is just starting to worm its way into my brain. \u201cI feel like shit.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI am not surprised. When I ran into you again, you were pretty wasted.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWhoa, I sure was. Where is David?<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp;<\/span>\u201cYou and David got into a fight.\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cA fight? What were we fighting about?\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cYou wanted to take me home, and David didn\u2019t want you to do so.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cSo, where is he?\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp;<\/span>\u201cI really don\u2019t know. We left him on the street.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWhat? Left him on the street? Why the hell did we do that?\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cAs I said you were pretty wasted.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cYeah but leaving him passed out on the street.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cOh, he wasn\u2019t passed out.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWhat was he?\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cYou shot him. I believe David is dead.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cShot him? How is that possible. I don\u2019t own a gun.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThat didn\u2019t stop you from finding one.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cFinding one? Where did I find a gun?\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI loaned you mine.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cAnd I shot David with it?\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cYup. Right in the back as he tried to walk away.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cOh my God. What on Earth made me do that? He\u2019s my best friend.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Was. I wouldn\u2019t say it was an Earthly persuasion. I do believe my work is done here.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cYour work?<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>What do you mean?\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cHear those sirens. They are coming for you. I called them. I would get some clothes on if I were you. Oh, and a piece of advice.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cAdvice?\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cYeah. Think twice before you decide to mess with the devil. See you on the other side.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Thank you for supporting this member along the WATCH &#8220;RWISA&#8221; WRITE Showcase Tour today!&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0.5in;\">We ask that if you have enjoyed this member&#8217;s writing, please visit his Author Page on the RWISA site, where you can find more of his writing, along with their contact and social media links, if he&#8217;s turned you in to a fan.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;\">We ask that you also check out his books in the RWISA or RRBC catalogs. Thanks again for your support and we hope that you will follow each member along this amazing tour of talent. Don&#8217;t forget to click the link below to learn more about John W. Howell.<\/span><!--EndFragment--><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ravewriters.wordpress.com\/meet-the-authors\/author-john-howell\/\">John W. 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