Two hours down Bonita Klondyke Road in Arizona summer heat, sun cooking through the ragtop of his classic Chrysler. Air conditioning long dead. The sign read, “Wishing Star Saloon, turn right.” He cranked the wheel. It was right there in sight.
* * *
“Dang!” said the woman behind the bar, “Windows down in this heat?”
“AC’s broke. Heinie.”
“Tuff.” She slid the bottle over.
“‘Wishing Star?’”
She motioned with her head. “Every wish granted.”
“Right.”
She shrugged.
He stepped over to the painting. “Wish I was someplace cooler.”
* * *
Colder than hell, snow blowing. Teeth chattering. A sign. “Klondyke River, Yukon Territory.”
Posted to The Carrot Ranch, December 28 Flash Fiction Challenge — Wishing Star.
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