“Hey, guys!” Jimmy hollers as they reach the pavement. He turns up, puffing energetically, behind Ove in a fiercely green tracksuit
that’s so tight around his body that Ove wonders at first if it’s in fact a garment or a body painting.
“Jimmy!” says Jimmy, panting, and offering Mirsad his hand.
The cat looks as if it would like to rub itself lovingly against Jimmy’s legs, but seems to change its mind,
bearing in mind that the last time it did something similar Jimmy ended up in the hospital.
Instead it opts for the next best available thing and rolls about in the snow.
Jimmy turns to Ove. “I usually see you walking around about this time, so I was gonna check with you if you’re cool with me tagging along.
I’ve decided to start exercising, you know!” He nods with such satisfaction
that the fat under his chin sways between his shoulders like a mainsail in stormy conditions. Ove looks highly dubious.
“Do you usually get up at this time?” “Shit, no, man. I haven’t even gone to bed yet!” He laughs.
And this is why a cat, an overweight allergy sufferer, a bent person, and a man called Ove make the inspection round that morning.
Mirsad explains in brief that he and his father are not getting along and that he’s temporarily staying with Ove;
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