He didn't bother to answer the first question, except with a small twitch of his upper lip while he finished opening up the bottle. He was just about to lift it to his lips when she spoke up again.

For the first time, he looked at her for more than a second. With her dress, and her easy willingness to talk to a man in his current state, he might have assumed she was a working girl. Only they weren't normally the ones offering to buy the drinks.

He wasn't in the mood to be making any new friends at the moment.

He also could use the money. And a higher quality liquor would at least make drowning his sorrows a more pleasant experience.

Cassidy set the bottle back down, and gestured for the bartender to take it back.

"Knock yourself out."