Don't Cry for me Margarita

By Jeff Dvorak

From the author of the Topper McMullen Series:
The Trinity Murders
Sun, Surf, Suicide

The plan was simple. Succeed and be promoted, fail and be fired. Jack knew he had the talent to succeed but his inner slacker never made it that easy.

An ill-advised night of drinking to celebrate a co-workers birthday leaves Jack scrambling the day of the big presentation. A comedy of errors threatens to derail his day and his job as one crisis after anothers calls for his attention, least of which is his tiny dog with a big heart Bruiser.

Don't Cry for me Margarita is a fun, humorous short story about one man's quest to improve his life and the obstacles which try to hold him back.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jeff Dvorak
• Release date: Nov 26, 2012

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Also by Jeff Dvorak

Topper McMullen Series:

The Trinity Murders

Sun, Surf, Suicide

Short Stories:

Hope on a Paige (Tales from the Dead Letter Office)

Don’t Cry for Me Margarita

Jeff Dvorak

Copyright 2012 Jeff Dvorak

Published at Smashwords

Rarely does the incessant flashing of 12:00 on an alarm clock bode well for the owner, and as Jack lay dead to world, his body slowing burning off the alcohol from the previous evening, he was clearly no exception. Although drinking to excess was not a common occurrence for Jack, as a twenty-six-year-old self-professed and, unfortunately, others-professed slacker, he was well equipped to handle these situations, as long as he had a working alarm clock to alert him of the time. Today is not that day.

Normally a tosser and turner, he lay in a near comatose state. Face down, head to the side with a small spot of drool to mark his territory, he was quickly letting the day get the better of him. Usually for said slacker, this was not a problem. Many days had gotten the better of Jack in many different ways, but today needed to be different.

A week earlier his boss called him into his office and offered up a project with an accompanying presentation. The stakes were simple enough with two possible outcomes: succeed and get a promotion; fail and he loses his job. Once Jack heard the word promotion, nothing else mattered and he quickly reached his hand across the desk, sealing his fate with a semi-firm handshake.

Jack may