Welcome! This week we had a choice of two picture prompts. I chose this one for the continuation of Trunk's story. We are limited to only 300 words with a picture prompt, making it a challenge.
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Willing woman. Someone he hadn’t encountered
in a long time, despite being married. Mary had retreated from their sex life
some time ago. Trunk missed it and romance, too. Gone were the dinners holding hands at The Sweet Magnolia. Mary
had her life and he had his. He did have a life, didn’t he?
He sat back, ignoring that unanswered
question and letting his imagination loose. As the sweet scent of the burning
wood met his nostrils, he raised his hand. Carla, the barkeep ambled over.
“Red wine, please?”
“Sure.” She returned and set it down in front of him.Trunk stretched his
legs toward the fire, letting the heat warm the soles of his shoes as he took a
sip of the dark red liquid.
He folded his arms across his impressive chest and
tried to conjure up the image of a woman to complete the scene. His mind
thumbed through the myriad images of strippers from the clubs he’d frequented
when on the road. He could remember bodies, but the faces were a blur. A voice
interrupted his reverie.
“Will that be all, Al?”
He looked up into Carla’s beautiful, dark
eyes. She was the only one who called him by his given name.
“Yeah. Thanks.”
She put a check down on the table. Trunk
gazed into the fire as an image of the dream willing woman came into sharp focus --gorgeous
Carla Ricci, proprietor of The Savage Beast. 
