THE JUKEBOX – Episode 3: Slot 001 (Continued)

“F ortunate Son ” – Creedence Clearwater Revival https://cms.sofrep.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Jukebox_PART-3_Tegan.mp3

Bobby Ames looked like he’d been carved from the same stock as Coltrane, only meaner. Eighty-one years old, ramrod straight, wearing a faded SF ball cap and a look that suggested he’d fought in every war America ever had and won most of them personally. Advertisement

Marcus set the bottle of Jameson on the table. Top shelf, because something told him Bobby Ames would know the difference.

“ Y ou’re late, ” Ames said.

“ I t’s 7:58 .”

“L ike I said. ” He poured three fingers into a rocks glass Coltrane had already set out, drank half of it, and studied Marcus with the thousan

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