Chapter 21

I failed to be surprised to learn that Sunshine Dane, the former bar back at the Flaming Flamingo, now worked as a bar keep at Roughs, another one of Peter Rotunda’s money-making properties.

I walked in the place and saw that it looked shabby-nice. The place woofed!The bear bar had black walls, brown leather seats, a dartboard, mechanical bull, and country music on the jukebox. Drink specials that evening were going to be a Rodeo Rum, a Bull Bomb with cheap whiskey, and a Dandy Daiquiri.

I saw Sunshine at the bar, washing beer mugs, and I realized that shewas a he, out of drag. I posed no judgment about the young man and asked, “Sunshine Dane?”