"The Regular," by James Thorpe, in Crime Under the Sun, A Sisters in Crime Anthology, edited by Matt Coyle, Naomi Hirahara, and Tammy Kaehler, Down and Out Books, 2023.
Ray is drinking more than he should His wife is gone and that led to him making a bad mistake. What's worse is that Veronica knows about it. She is the pianist at the bar where Ray does his too-much-drinking.
And, ironically, she starts nagging him just like his wife did toward the end of their marriage. Why doesn't he demand a promotion? He needs to make more money...
Just like his wife, except that Veronica's motive is different. That link between pianist and wife is the amusing spark that kept me turning pages, but there are many clever twists to come in this neat little tale.
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