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This is the opening of Hot Delta Nights a D.J. Admire novel.

“Hey Deej!”

I took the bottle of Captain Morgan out of my desk drawer. My cousin, Jinx, plopped into the chair opposite my desk.

“I got a hot date tonight.”

He was practically bouncing. I poured two fingers of rum into the coffee cup. Just as I was taking a drink the little bastard piped up, “Deej, do sookies have fuzzies?

Captain Morgan in the sinuses hurts.

“Jinx,” I said carefully, setting the coffee cup back down on the desk and picking up the bottle again, “I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that bit of trivia about your sex life. In fact, I'm going to pretend you never walked into my office today at all. When I lower the cup, you had better be gone. And not to Hellzapoppin.”

I poured three fingers more and drank it nice and slow. I lowered the cup. Jinx was still there.

“Deej-”

“Call me that again and I shoot you.”

“Sorry. D.J., where's a good place to take a girl for a nice date?”

“With your finances, Arby's is upscale.”