“Have you found a new position somewhere else?” I said.
“No,” he said, perching on a chair beside me.
“Hazel’s really poorly again.” Hazel, I knew, was his girlfriend,
and they lived nearby with their bichon frise and their baby, Lois.
“I’m very sorry to hear that, Mikey,” I said. He nodded.
They thought they’d got rid of it all the last time, but it’s come back, spread to the lymph nodes and the liver.
I just wanted to, you know...
You wanted to spend the time she has left with Hazel and Lois,
rather than serving cheese scones to strange women,” I said, and, gratifyingly, he laughed.
“That’s about the size of it,” he said. I braced myself, then put my hand on his arm.
I was going to say something, but then I couldn’t think what was the right thing to say,
so I just kept silent, and looked at him, hoping he’d intuit what I meant—
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