Cat Sitting For God (Part 19)
Julian watches Rhiannon standing at the bar, casually chatting to a woman he can only describe as stunning. He breathes deeply, steeling himself for what’s meant to happen next–she’s going to come over...
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100 yards from the bus stop, they watch the last bus of the night speed past them, empty of passengers.“When was that meant to come?”“11 o’clock.” Julian looks down at his wrist. “I really should have...
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The door clicks and swings inwards with Julian attached by his key. Toby is still sat on his shoulder. He walks in and swings the door shut behind him. Toby hops down from his shoulder onto the bed and...
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The shrill call of the alarm clock is accompanied by a kick to the head from Toby as he scrambles to get away from the shrieking little black demon. Julian reaches across and fumbles for the off...
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He sits across from her, chewing a tuna and cucumber sandwich, the filling chosen in order to be the least offensive to her vegetarian views. He chews it and tries not to dwell on the beef and...
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“Any what?”“Shirts.” Rhiannon looks at him with scorn. “You know, that type of clothing that isn’t trousers; but these ones have buttons down the front rather than ‘Thundercats’ or ‘Prostitute...
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The main body of Saturday crawls along at a snail’s pace. Rhiannon wakes Julian at what he deems to be an unreasonable hour and an argument ensues, with Julian sticking to his guns that he “needs his...
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When you take a girl back to your flat, there are certain things you expect to have to apologise for — the mess; the quality of tea and/or coffee available; your TV being old and crap and only able to...
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“Hang on,” says a voice behind her. Rhiannon turns to see Frank and Tess looking at her purposefully. “Where does that leave the two of us?” Frank jabs a thumb towards the shimmering form of Tess....
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“Where does that leave us then?” Frank waves a hand at Tess, who gives him an “I wasn’t aware there was an ‘us’ ” kind of look.“Well, I’m pretty sure Tess knows what she wants and will just carry on...
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