Ramon walks to the bar for what could be the last time. He’s not the sentimental sort so there’s no last, longing looks around, no outward display of...anything. He just walks through the door and over to Bar, dressed in his prison uniform and carrying a small, inch-thick package in one hand. It’s white and has a wax seal, with a red ribbon around it. Not in the ‘ornate gift’ way – more in the ‘fancily displayed legal documents’ type way.
The ribbon has a white envelope stuck underneath it. He lays the thing down on top of the bar and the only visible sign of lingering doubt is the hand that rests on it for maybe a beat or two longer than it should.
‘For Random, please Bar. Tomorrow, as soon as he gets in. Not tonight.’
( Random )And, that done, there’s nothing else. He walks to the door
(and he hates this fucking door), grasps the handle and opens it – as he does there’s a sharp pain in his face and blood starts to flow, dripping from his lip onto his shirt. He remembers it’s the wound he arrived with and now he’s got it back, there’s no changing his mind. So he doesn’t look behind. He just paints a smirk back on, straightens - and leaves the bar.