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    The Hornback Alligator Belt
    The Hornback Alligator Belt
    The Hornback Alligator Belt
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    The Hornback Alligator Belt

    By Barry Rachin

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    Ralph Tucker wants to reconnect with an old flame, a woman who wears 500-dollar, Orvis, genuine hornback alligator belts. If the failed romance is resurrected from the dead, the middle-aged man may need a second job.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarry Rachin
    Release dateDec 22, 2014
    ISBN9781310857539
    The Hornback Alligator Belt
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    Barry Rachin

    About the AuthorBorn in Boston, Massachusetts, Barry Rachin spent several years stationed in Yokuska, Japan as a Navy medic caring for casualties during the Vietnam War. He has studied at the University of Jerusalem, lived on a kibbutz for a year and holds a degree in clinical counseling from Simmons College. A self-taught woodworker, he presently lives in Attleboro, Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters.

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      The Hornback Alligator Belt - Barry Rachin

      The Hornback Alligator Belt

      Barry Rachin

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      The Hornback Alligator Belt

      Copyright © 2014 by Barry Rachin

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This short story represents a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

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      The Hornback Alligator Belt

      A squat man sauntered directly to the bar at the Marriot Hotel and ordered a boilermaker. Chivas Regal... not that rotgut you pass off on regular customers, he called in a cautionary tone as the bartender went off to fix his drink. The man, who spoke with a thick Scottish brogue, wore a tuxedo, five onyx studs decorating the front of his pleated shirt below a black bowtie. A strong chin complimented

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