Home to Roost
“‘Tessa, hey, all right then?’ ‘Fine, Guy, how about you?’ ‘I’m good. Uh, you got any post for Clara? I thought I could pop it down to her. Save you a trip, y’know.’ ‘Are you on your way there, then?’ ‘Well, um, yeah. Or no. That is, I’ve not picked up any cats lately. Not been any about, things have been slow on that front. So I haven’t seen her, y’know? Not in the last week or so.’ ‘Guy, you don’t need the excuse of cats to call on her, do you? I thought you were friends?’ He blushes, looks do...wn, mumbles something I can’t hear. Oh dear, he’s in a bad way. ‘Guy, what’s up? I can’t understand what you’re saying.’ He speaks up, and a garble of words rush out. ‘Well, that’s the thing. We were. Friends, y’know. I used to drop in on her all the time, even without cats. Just to chat, y’know?’ ‘Yes, I do know, Guy. I used to see you two at her place, when I dropped in the post. So what’s wrong? Aren’t you friends any more?’ He’s blushing and twitching and staring at his feet again.MoreLess
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