One Last Drink

 One Last Drink 

Billy and David had been friends forever. That was what made it so tragic. Billy was gone and David was lost without him. It all started the night of the storm. 

The accident happened on a black ice coated curve of the road. Billy’s truck slid on the ice and over the bank. The truck hit the guardrail and flipped twice. It landed upside down and crushed the cab. The only thing that didn’t happen was it didn’t catch on fire.

It took two tow trucks to get it get it out of the ravine. It took the Jaws of Life to remove Billy from the truck.

The memorial went up the next day. A cross was added by a local church the day after. There were cards candles and stuffed animals from all his friends and family.

Then there was one lone bottle of Jack Daniels with a grocery store bouquet of flowers in it. Some thought it was inappropriate but if they knew the two men then they would understand.

Even though Billy was sober the night he died, they had been drinking buddies for years. The bottle that David placed at the memorial was the last one that they had shared. There had been one last drink left in the bottle. There was one last drink between friends.

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