I shook my head. "No, I can't do that. There are too many factors involved. But I could
easily meet any woman in this bar."
"Really?" said Gary. "I'd love to see that!"
"Me too," said Allan.
Allan had seen me do it before, but he really got off on seeing the reaction of people who
HADN'T seen me in action. I rolled my eyes.
"I'm really not into performing in front of an audience," I said.
Gary frowned for a second. "Then what about a bet?" he said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"I'll bet you free drinks the rest of the night you can't go up and get a number from a
woman I pick out for you."
I smiled and shook my head. "You really want to see this in action, don't you?"
"You bet 'cha!" said Gary. "What do you say?"
I really hate backing down from challenges, even when I'm put on the spot. But free
drinks for the night sounded pretty good to me.
"One condition," I said. "Allan gets to choose the girl."
"Deal," said Gary.
Allan started scanning the room. The bar was a small, poorly lit place off of Vine Street
in Hollywood called Daddy's Lounge.
We had gotten to the place early, and it was now starting to get crowded. There were
plenty of girls there this night.
I liked Daddy's because it was away from the hard-core club scene of the Sunset Strip.
The girls were easier to approach, and the music wasn't as loud.
Eventually, Allan stopped on a group of four girls standing by the bar.
"Those," he said. "Over there, by the bar."
"That's a bit unfair," said Gary. "There are four of them."
"Don't sweat it," I said. "That's actually easier to approach than a girl who's by herself."
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