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that bed with each other. Whispering into Kerry’s ear Leon said ‘I love you Shorty. No matter what happens, please remember that I love you.’
    Kerry smiled and between breaths replied, ‘I know.’
    As Leon eased his weight up off of Kerry’s back, the doorbell rang.
    ‘ Oh my God…  !’ She said exasperated. ‘. . . Who could that be now? Today is Friday right. I thought you had today off?’
    Leon was silent for a moment, and then said ‘I am. It’s probably Jay.’
    Rolling onto her back so she could see Leon straight on, Kerry said ‘Do you have to see him every day?’
    Leon didn’t really appreciate her line of questioning for a number of different reasons but he tried to put himself in her shoes and had to agree Jay’s timing was shit. Leon kissed her on the forehead and got out of the bed to head down stairs.
    ‘Err Mr Brown, don’t you think you should put some clothes on.’ She said.
    Leon looked down at his naked body and laughed.
    ‘Yeah, I think your right.’
    They both heard the doorbell ring again, so Leon quickly hustled into their en-suite bathroom and quickly rinsed his mouth out with some Listerine and gave him-self a T wash.
    The doorbell rang again and Kerry just about heard Leon say ‘ I’ll be back’ in a really bad Terminator impersonation as he disappeared through the bedroom door and down the stairs.
    As Leon approached the front door he could see the outline of a man but the frosted glass made it hard to make out any details.
    ‘Who is it?’ Leon called.
    ‘Open the door Nathan, it’s me.’
    For a second the proverbial “ Shook-Look ” returned to Leon’s face. Not even Kerry new him by that name however he recognised the voice and unlocked the door.
    ‘Sexy, sexy.’ the man said looking at Leon in his shorts. ‘Is this how you greet everyone?’
    Leon didn’t answer, just turned around and walked back into the house, leaving the door open for his uninvited guest to enter on his own. As Leon walked into the kitchen he heard the door close and the words, ‘So what’s going on Nathan?’
    Leon turned around and looked into the blue eyes of the slim, grey haired white guy in his plain navy blue suit, white shirt and blue tie. He was tall but not very. No taller than 6'2. His skin was tight and leathery, making his face appear hard and rugged. He had high cheek bones and a distinctive square looking jaw. He could have passed for being in his mid-thirties but Leon new he was closer to sixty-five than thirty-five.
    ‘You know you can’t be calling me by that name.’
    ‘Oh, I’m sorry.’ The old man replied sarcastically. ‘Is that not your name, Mr NATHAN FERRON?’
    ‘Yo, I mean it. You can’t call me that. Kerry is upstairs.’ Leon replied.
    ‘What! She lives with you now?! Since when… ?’ The tall gentleman in Leon’s Kitchen was visibly upset. ‘Don’t you think this is something I should have been told about?’ He said.
    While Leon understood the reason why he was perturbed the gentleman’s voice was still much louder than he appreciated.
    ‘Yo, foreal, can you keep it down please.’ Leon was now pleading.
    The guy laughed, walked over to Leon and patted him on the shoulder.
    ‘Ok, I’m sorry.’ He said with a sly smile. ‘I see you really like this girl and that’s good. It makes everything seem so much more authentic.’
    ‘What’s that supposed to mean?’ Leon replied instinctively.
    The guy’s attitude changed to one of frustration.
    ‘You know what Nathan… ; don’t let me have to do something I should have done three years ago.’
    Leon knew exactly what those words meant and so he decided to change the conversation.
    ‘So what can I do for you Chief?’
    ‘I want to know why it is that Jay can check in when he is supposed to, but you can’t.’
    Leon sighed. ‘I couldn’t, it was a crazy week. Besides I know Jay would have told you everything anyway.’
    Not paying any attention to Leon’s hunched shoulders or