“We’ve got some pretty good rum that should do the trick. Kicks my ass every time I drink it.” he offered with a faint grin, reaching for a glass already. “You had a rough day or somethin’?” Most people who drank there did. 

         _{❝ Rough few years is more like it. ❞ It was always the same : get so far, then managed to get thrown almost back to the beginning —- maybe that was a reason he should have stopped while he was ahead, but as per-usual, listing to advice was always one of his downfalls,}

❝ More or less… some good spots, but it always turns back to the same disappointment. ❞