Human Conditioning
“Vivien yelled up the stairs to her son who had been in the bathroom for well over an hour, attempting to clean the wounds Duggie had inflicted on him that afternoon. When he swaggered down the stairs, she noticed that he was clean-shaven, his hair immaculate, and he smelled of a sweet aftershave, and now that the blood had been washed away, his nose didn’t look too bad – just a straight cut across the top and a faint purple bruise that, from experience, she knew would spread and grow darker ove...r the next few days.
Dressed in smart jeans and a checked shirt, even she had to admit that her son looked rather stylish and very handsome. Aiden snatched the receiver from her. “Hello?” he said down the line.
“Aiden, it’s Sid...”
“Oh, alright, Sid.”
Vivien hovered at the bottom of the stairs and raised an eyebrow. No one had seen Sid for weeks and she wondered suspiciously why he wanted to speak with Aiden. Aiden scowled at her and gestured for her to scarper by a flick of his head.MoreLess
Dressed in smart jeans and a checked shirt, even she had to admit that her son looked rather stylish and very handsome. Aiden snatched the receiver from her. “Hello?” he said down the line.
“Aiden, it’s Sid...”
“Oh, alright, Sid.”
Vivien hovered at the bottom of the stairs and raised an eyebrow. No one had seen Sid for weeks and she wondered suspiciously why he wanted to speak with Aiden. Aiden scowled at her and gestured for her to scarper by a flick of his head.MoreLess
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