Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

This is the Doctrine’s weakly contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.

Hosted by Denise, subject to the Rule of Six.

Previously, in our SSC&B story…

Prompt Word:

WIND

The tall, thin man exhaled blue-white smoke towards the man opposite him in a non-adversarial challenge to the cloud bank of cigar smoke through which Lou Caesare’s eyes could just barely be discerned.

“As your host, I feel the need to apologize for the interruption by the non-invited and, might I say, rather naïve visitor currently skulking down along my bar.

The Proprietor’s voice, while neutral in tone, carried sufficient interrogative lilt to both assure and invite input from his guest as he continued,

“And, as much as I’ve enjoyed our conversation, I’m certain you have pressing matters back at your establishment; perhaps moderating a colloquium for new associates on advanced techniques in loan collection and bad debt recovery,” the tall, thin man smiled in a manner reminiscent, perhaps, of Mr. Rogers… upon being informed that Lady Aberlin had tossed his luggage and stereo and stuff out the window of her home in Make-Believe-Village.

A vaporous tsunami of laughter rippled like wind through the cloud of cigar smoke,

“Not for nothin’ but modern hypo-legal lending organizations such as mine prefer ‘payment enhancement of non-performing debentures’ over ‘which hand do you write with’.”

Lou Caesare, glancing to the right towards the bar, spat on the floor and leaned forward, allowing his jacket to hang looser on his left shoulder and continued,

“My aunt Rosalina, god rest her soul, used to tell us young kids the story of La Signora del Gioco; a spirit who could manifest itself in various forms, usually as a ghost or as a huntress, while at times it appeared as a beautiful girl who lived in the woods, dressed only in hair, with a look capable of bewitching people.

Now, I’m as respectful of the old ways as the next guy, but I kinda think that caliber and muzzle velocity stacks up pretty good against curses and witches, ya know what I’m sayin?”

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