Alphabet (2010)
“‘Forty,’ Alex immediately replies, running his hand over his recently shaved bald head, caressing the back of his neck. He sports a stud in one ear, an intricate celtic knot bracelet slithers its way around each well-developed bicep. He’s wearing a sleeveless vest, very clean, his fingernails are evenly filed, a ring, to match the bracelets, is tattooed round the third finger of his left hand. ‘Cost you four times that outside,’ he points out. ‘I sterilise my needle in bleach,’ he adds.
‘Haven’...t got it,’ Simon says.
‘Owe me – or why not say it shorter? What’s wrong with brave? Nothing, per se. But it’s just not what she said.
‘I want the whole thing,’ Simon tells him.
‘Well, then,’ says Alex, ‘you’d better be! Have a good wash, shave the hair off. It’ll grow through the scabs and give you hell, and then it’ll cover up your big long word, but if that’s what you want, I’ll go to two-fifty a letter, that’s twenty-five up front . . .’ A wedge goes in under the door.MoreLess
‘Haven’...t got it,’ Simon says.
‘Owe me – or why not say it shorter? What’s wrong with brave? Nothing, per se. But it’s just not what she said.
‘I want the whole thing,’ Simon tells him.
‘Well, then,’ says Alex, ‘you’d better be! Have a good wash, shave the hair off. It’ll grow through the scabs and give you hell, and then it’ll cover up your big long word, but if that’s what you want, I’ll go to two-fifty a letter, that’s twenty-five up front . . .’ A wedge goes in under the door.MoreLess
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