Leonard

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(Leon) wife's a pump. drink, euthanasia.
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That's live. a eyes, a of. a pallor. liver, D B well. a out. STD's STDs, didn't disappear. Tiredness, restlessness, skin. appetite. patient. a sentence. Cancer! a variant. bones, brain. couldn't immunotherapy.
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Glenda, daughter, it. a 8 compensation. didn't emotion, a end. Glenda's a washcloth. a eat. stomachs. didn't. suffering. she'd him, her.
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' n# H7 c# W, Ga time, Leon. lake. 'The Dolphins'. men, pool, lake. was, visitors, afterthought. 5 him. boys. That's younger. a women, swimwear, a lean, a didn't boy's anatomy. 'bulge' met. a cheeks, shoulders. Glenda's said, "Why dork?" Holsworth, Glenda's friend, sister. "Janice!" over. hello's sister, "Why dork?"
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"What dork? Leon? isn't a isn't either. I club, race. That's a man. So, congratulations order."
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Glenda's aroused, "What race. I all?"
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"In pool, yes. water. 5 10 kilometers. That's 200 a pool."
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* u' p0 F6 q. x; M0 c" }3 e) f"Ten kilometers? Swimming? They're mad!"
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; l3 ], n% Z: w9 B* X"Well, differ. It's a a race. Anyway, don't anymore. competing, level. A a a them.

  F" A0 B2 j0 p# ?, K2 d; G; p"Leon a nerd, know? Intelligence. won't then. Anyway, I'm neighborhood. a years."

"Elvira asked, "Is tonight? party, I mean?" replied, "I don't know. mother. Leon, her. can't help."
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3 J5 c. j- d2 ^" I8 i. z9 n"Can't evening?"
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"Don't that. it's a hospital. a him. pay." grill. said, "Obviously you've before. I one?"

% B* j" o  a5 [: O+ g0 ^, q+ ]6 d"Sure. Chicken, pork?" came. "The there. sauce. It's scales."
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  k1 O9 f. b$ s" w"How know?" him. smirked, "Because I them, meat." playfully, "Oh, A cook. Interesting. You're boasting, you?" a willowy, proposed, "If you're interested, I a place. yourself."
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"Yeah, I'm prepared." mouth, a mistake. a concentrating sticks. stammered, "I I wrong. intention. I'm sorry."

0 A0 m9 o& K! ~" R4 f7 Q"It's ok. ill. couldn't anymore. Now, I'm house." didn't that. a uncomfortable moments. Finally, asked, "Can you're here?"

"Sure, not. Only, I ten. I a rest." a out. mind. a distance. her. said. "This won't long. me..."

/ c+ |, h$ |! _: D& ?# Z- v* XThat's came. him, a head, a a kiss. a girl. didn't girls. mother, school, work, sleep. importance.
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Anyway, much. Glenda's his, a tongue, his. a rock. broken, asked, "What on?"
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"You did.' replied. "To a witch. mum, I account. a guy." fast. right. a guy. funny, eyes. nine. a hand, saying, "Thank a evening." address, possessed.
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9 C' B+ z% y" m) p1 ~& a6 L; y2 nlibrary. friend. "Tell me, what's matter? You're today." Janice, "That Leonard, number, address?" answering, "I a guy. I you. I don't I it. a runner, reclusive."
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quiet. mother's health, anyway, a worse. couldn't sometimes, father. that. workload, limit. a run. stress. a exercises. musings, a him. "Do you? address." around. a him, suddenly, "Glenda, isn't it? I a a hurry, I company. I it's 10 bike."

. g% R" k1 K0 y4 K( s9 j( r6 C"You time?"

2 k7 g+ W5 e! V0 G. T+ u; |0 F"With spare, I shower." smiled, a asked, "Your dinner? stand?"

5 Z0 H3 M. _0 `# t"Hell, yeah. don't eat?"

& y6 P; j, A2 ]+ r"I wife. bride." very, mother. problems, family's well, disappeared. needed.

) y8 W4 i' r& Q9 oFinally, a Glenda. Leon's away. sister. siblings. said, "Sis I a talk. lion's share. I lion's mum's possessions. a can't now. Therefore, house. It's a mortgage. it. is, here." didn't say. Stammering, accept. a fierce, discussion. end, a family.
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4 X3 X$ t2 f  I$ W+ LJacob. & Daltree. moon. worked, a year, indeed, ready. a little, a maintained, garden. Incorporated, well. a problems.
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'Intelligence Incorporated' Leon's life. a wrote, home, property. wasn't amused, least, a ensued. that, euphemistically a discussion, weeks' options. 'Intelligence Incorporated', university, people, refused. didn't it. teacher's 'basic programming'. Intelligence. a pod. a a end. foundations. free. again. children, 13 Jacob, world. mother, born. work, closed, on. worse, too. didn't work. Actually, could. once, a household. children.

"Glenda, I something?"
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, u- x3 e7 e2 D* x"What?' answer.

"Can what's wrong?"

"What wrong? wrong, wrong?"
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$ T' C) L$ P5 L2 y/ S6 x. w8 D"OK, I'll a bit. What's you? anymore. You're snappy. work. I don't mind, I you, now, children."

"I'm NOT!"

"Dear, I diapers. I morning. a bath."
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7 Y4 Y- g# s6 S: k$ G- i3 P"I diapers."

% p( H9 U9 l/ z  g) a; h"No, didn't, dear, that's issue. I help."
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"If that'll again. propose?"

Europe. children. distance. a man, them. a pictures. her. over, Leon, "Shall go?" paradise.
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Leon, 28 now, PhD. Glenda's deteriorating slowly. 'revalidation' trip. parents. a man, Short, a Leon, a nearby. a man. he, now, a house. So, wife's hamper. sex. semen, up. a a DNA. marriage. children. a them, sure.
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% R" W, U+ i  @; @- G"Daddy?"

4 f. i% Q" \& Q4 J5 M. c2 @"Yes Jacob, it?"
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3 K7 R' V) H' q8 y8 j"Mama a belly."

"How Jakob?"

"She phone, someone."

"I didn't it, Jacob. me. her?"

"No, didn't me."

"Then let's a us. a surprise."

5 D* W) M2 m/ `% r  z"Yes daddy, I'll a secret." down. hadn't a pregnant, didn't DNA. So, now? a advice. screwed. wasn't a her, children. a part. a a software. was.

Originally, wildlife, jaguars, on. a software. a mode, last. a out. Leon. a a soon. a software.
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him. didn't system. a a lover. Firstly, man. again. Ian, "I'm pregnant." surprised, a retorted, "Is so? who? me."

5 F* F2 t, x' g2 j4 j"I'm it's I happened." heatedly.

9 r! U6 x9 U! s0 P3 a"Oh, really?"

"You I me. Well, I days. too. I that. hasn't for, least, year. So, yes. It's yours." angrily, "Well. it. I don't it. I a quickly, a discreetly."
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"You can't that! abortion? way. That's happen."

5 C8 i& k2 ~2 B: K5 ?6 j"Don't grub. it." door. a deeper. a pattern. end, out. a dissertation. Most, all, female. a them. a addresses. wasn't way, administration a Short.

appointment. times, up. "Janice speaking."
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' B# y6 K! q9 [- w; `"Janice, Daltree. I'd a university."
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"That wasn't me, Elvira. a moment, Daltree? Aren't Young?"

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9 o& Z0 b/ f9 e0 J) w' k- s! U"Yes, Dolphins. Glenda's time. university. She'll we're you."
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story. a tale. thesis, unsatisfactory. a chat. a favor. A is. impossible. a work. university. investigation trouble. corruption, harassment, him. fidgety. couldn't Ian. didn't messages. jail. blatant. right, her. alcohol, a Jenever. foisted, a ago, a program. jenever. jenever, age, recipe. recipe. caskets. wife. a blouse, a cleavage, a skirt. him, him. table. softness. couch, 'absently' thigh. a reactionr. felt. message. first, a kiss, a lips. her. ears, collarbone. nipples. didn't a immediately. sensitive. inside. a entirely. hand, control. back. naked, nipples. mind. here? me? briefly. Leon's hood, enthusiastically ministrations. lust. a channel. painful. a boobs. was, pregnancy, caused, avail. Leon's pant. legs. Leon's button. arrived, hood. pelvis. cushions. for. lips, work. inside. Glenda, stopped. couldn't scream, exploded, contracting. muscles, Leon's finger. husband. over. senses. bathroom, happened.
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6 ?2 j9 O7 ^' w2 m+ o0 {Memories, mind, arose. her, remembered. a a violinist. him. stupid? wasn't was, somehow, a prisoner. enchantment. a a cloth. I and, I'm his, only. her, sleep. sensuous. spots. couldn't move, thighs. intrusion. good. a start, them. whispered, "It's you, wetly." cunny. it, a up. mushroom. inexorably, cervix. buttocks. move. Long, Glenda's own. A surfaced, a her. indeterminant spasm. cock. back. a muscles. buttocks. ministrations different. Softer, thighs. pucker. didn't a ring. a finger. didn't happen. her, caressing. stretch. Leon's mushroom. up. lubrification pace. backside. had, Leonard, a horrible, experience. her. didn't time, her. Leon's again. again. brink. her. talking, "Sorry, I wasn't attention." softly.

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" _# W; x$ r0 z. jI him. drain, harassment, plagiarism. a a atrocities. It's you. a divorce, marriage?" a ear. a dread. say? knew! it. happened? mind. bed, room, room. now, tension, frustration, toll. sniffle. a bawling. sitting, naked, a her. didn't way. him. a gowns. on, woman.
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% P( ~- @. Q4 H3 bFinally, a asked, "You knew?"
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) [' X* h7 {$ G) }$ V"Yes, walked, shithead, me." answered.
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"Why didn't something?" scoffed, "And a I achieved? don't a wouldn't too? So, I time." a voice, "And I stupid, me. I guilty, know, baby. Ian? about?"

"Short a students. liked, university. own. a review. alike. women. I I all. I, turn, board. tomorrow's newspapers." a time. Finally, "What's now?" asked.
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: }$ G8 t7 K# C" p"That's you. I I two, account. don't it's future."

Glenda's emotions, again, again. doorway, big, eyes. bed, sad, morning. wife. enough. straight, tears. a asked, "Now you, obviously, me?"

' P: a5 ?4 G' @8 P) N! @8 y"No." replied. "I is, a will. That's me. I don't details.
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"Much we, how, this. us? a divorce? It's choice. I though. together, I I'm husband." eyes. thought, him. a character, that's right, harder! I him. I forget? me, almost, I I'm again. up, me, that's a start. again. said, "I I didn't so. Ian." a voice, "I don't again. house. Understand?" ground.

I difficult, it's difficulty. Lord, marriage? I I fault, man, doesn't fancies. phrase'in house' deliberately. a divorce, leave, too. parent.
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6 ~+ \! ]" B5 x, ?Again, thinking.
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I'm a crossroads. I soul, arduous. a husband, "Somehow whore," continued, "Those words, seem. Tonight, love, I I lose. love. You!
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, {7 F/ x( H; U/ S0 C"I I a stupidity. I vacation. I don't a divorce, I wire, pitfalls.

"From child, I'm a chance."

"You didn't condition. it."
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"I don't so. You're decent. everything. on."

1 }' n/ R  j, o: h3 o" s6 ?/ ]"First. other. Second. We're a a a cigar, â¬1000 marriage. a 'post nup'. Third, I anymore. physically. well. wrong, we'll it. Fourth. counseling." Leon's terms, wasn't yet.
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"I thing. doesn't together. I won't you."
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A son. asked, "Shall Benjamin?" flabbergasted. wasn't child. all, wasn't his. a apprehensively, "We? boy?"
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8 N1 S2 @$ Y$ i' v+ c3 W1 Z# ~0 K" g"The a father, doesn't he? can't system. didn't responsibility him. it, me. nodded. couldn't speak. a a wasn't parents. wasn't youngest. didn't , 'Son Trouble'.

happiness. well. sixteen. A looking, boy, eyes.

; m+ Y. V3 x4 O& t: GBenjamin, Ben, a handful. 'father son' cause, accountability narrow. Luckily, and, case, nature.

1 W; ]' s5 u9 kreleased, a anxiety. He, himself, well, well, say. Freelancing, teaching, companies. financially. account, reason, appreciatively. a a foundation. knew. a Janice. out, together. on. Glenda's different, friends. Leon, phone, a a friends. a month. thinking, altogether. isn't lately. before. complete. mind. important. a university. university, well, a affair. a guests? later. over. partner. a formal, occasion. them. Janice.
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"Leonard, a surprise. friend?"

& K; H& h% i- f# R' _4 e5 s"I don't Janice. I'm can't it. Yet!" ensued. swearing, existed. Finally, said, "Oh soul. and, all, a that's loyalty?"

"It's a suspicion. I a PI. It's work, isn't it?"
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"Well, it's espionage, I someone." 'partying' resort. specifics. a asked, "That a now. I me. I've a secret, I a accepted. formalization morning. attend?"

"I delighted. how, Glenda's children?"
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"Glenda morning, afternoon. I a me."

"What? say?" explosively. "Stop. there. You're office, I presume?"

# M: U3 w$ W/ U5 N0 D1 `0 u8 p4 A"Yes. 2pm. I donation. suckers. "He snickered.

"Don't move. I'll hour." secretary. a through. couldn't a saying, "It's Clarke. a I news. out, please. I'm afternoon." Leon, "What's child? man's have?"

"Benjamin a effort, intended, Short. I abortion. I hadn't jail. I him. I a life. proof? Didn't now?"
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"Yes, it?"

"What Benjamin's have?"
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# ?7 L: [- d4 x- V. h, D/ ~2 I"Green. Shit. couldn't be. Glenda's blue. doesn't it." minutes. Finally, stated, "And pounce."

"Yes, indeed. I've once. That's I myself. I'm a again. I it. can't now, I'm contract. "
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"Consider done. again?"

" H. f& G- Z" N2 i"Can guy? "I'll Glenda. " a later. rang. "Daltree." answered.

2 N8 l' K! r8 b3 p"Mr. Daltree? Mr. Daltree? "
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: `) a- N! Q6 v( e"Yes, that's me. I you?"

"Mr. Daltree, bank. We'd office. It's donation."
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"What's matter? " asked, baffled.
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"We're phone. in? It's urgent"
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"How 45 minutes? "

"Splendid. desk." Dr. Vulmere. started, "I blood. 85, wasn't it? recap. STDs. a positive, authorities. syphilis, B D." stupidly, "STDs? them? I one, them?"
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  f! u+ o7 d) H( k4 r! kDr. expressionless. on. "I haven't 2 months." turning. Dr. eyes, a voice, "I me, I this." a a treatment. clinic, possible. 270 90 house. Janice. immediately. "Leon! What's new?" happily.
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"I'll short, STDs. I'm speak. I a clinic."
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"Shame isn't proof, procedures. out?"

3 u' e4 @: F9 E. b  ]# w"If me, easier." a a heart.

( \( {/ W2 k# q# e6 a7 J"Of course, I will. like." Janice, didn't eager.
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- k' V% e* W8 D: t5 N1 `- F"You don't half, feel. you." Leon's that. car, "I've friend. soon." Leon's behavior. distance. touches, a a kiss. a a exhausted. up. Worse, didn't anymore. forever. weekend. confrontation.

later. arrived. saying, "You're evening? Tuesday, together? I a reservation? I back, don't you?"

( {2 k8 Q# {: c! x6 ^1 Z"Yes, I I know. I've hurry." door. out, doom. , what's him? Anyway, it's over. a a thought, doesn't know, he? thought. can't be! Don't silly. Leon's rang. answered, "Leon Daltree. morning."

7 e( l. }' A3 g6 v4 v! {) V& p# m# s"Janice here. I say, isn't. I'm a her. " grunted. it, still, hell. a something. came, on, "This a you, shouldn't who's back. I'm that's negotiable. I too, know. "

"Ooohkaayyy?" utter.
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"Good. I'll hour." replied, relieved. news. mother's treachery. agenda. friends. even, children. a marriage. was, eyes, a marriage. him. again, a thought, contract. arrive, happens, Glenda's bed. car. street, friend. hell. didn't DNA. Leon, a cheek, inside. door, said, "We talk." quickly. saying, "No, don't are. It's talk. contraire. Let's I'll explain." a chair. down, him, a breath. "Dear, Leonard, I'm you. a you, moment. time. you're children. I ebb, I you, in."

8 ~! E5 b1 U% E4 Q2 IAgain, a continued, "Let life. I I now.

. @' G4 K- i( a1 Q0 G"To I a I feelings. I men, you. it. I more, I emptiness, no, betrayal.

; L+ T0 Q, l  O2 {( _"Today it's children. I'm shouldn't alone. me. today, you, far." Leon's eyes. empathy, care. said, "I blind. I you. I it's perhaps, I promises. I I've life, I happy." a again. "You I'm now. that, I'm a shot. I'm happy. Yes, I too. I'm divorced. alright?"
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& ^/ |9 n, \" E$ E- T! a* L"It's I for. Again, I much. a fuck, I wouldn't hesitate. teeth." wept.
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; `* Y. K) {$ U5 }) Z+ y0 P( ["It's a while, yes. wait. can't a promise." met. first. before, a now. met, life. tender, be.

arrive. a father, a Janice. said, "So Janice." said, "You right. Yes, I mother, I a and." interrupting, "there I all."
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: n9 Q  a& R; [3 Y"That son?" stunned, mumbled, "Yes, too. know? I I'm didn't either."
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& h. \5 \7 M/ w& ^4 P% ["Neither I," gently, "Do I school? memory. It's Mendel's laws. eyes." asked, "Why didn't me?"
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Caroline's a knife, "When didn't up, I I didn't I her." Leon's crying, "Oh dad. I story, I I I you. system." gently, "Carrie, married?" smirked. "To that's a a night. a it. So, today."

"And boys?"

I don't anything. They're people. I be, a teacher."
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5 C/ o9 ^, g- n! p7 Za day. later, fire. betrayal, a mind. a altogether. packed, Leon's a applause. speeches, dancing. blue. "Now father, dad?" room. boy's face. lap. said, "Remember always. I I didn't anymore. mother's egg.
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6 v, e% V0 J. ]0 y3 Y) M"I born, brother, Janice. promise."
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"That necessary. dad. I couldn't a father. I you." record. I Janice. I bags. time, can't slip"

2 d* J2 S9 L3 b" Z8 l# U9 @had. a lawyer. a made. evening. office. didn't smoothly, congratulated, events. home. arrived, wasn't a a eat. a house. wouldn't all. didn't all. Incorporated. steadily, a company. mentality. a they'd a too. portfolio.
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look. was. A her. "I'm home." slurred.

$ q$ ]) G$ p( F# R8 b  t( a8 x5 v"I notice." dryly. "Off you. Tomorrow, a day."

"Not you've duty." undress. "Just table, couch, I me." her, "That's happen. I've ill. you." herself. a mind. it. indescribable a hole. now. a himself, numbers. finished, arm. a tap. precise, one, away. a call.

( `5 @9 W) B) ]7 P7 b"Leon, time? urgent." phone. answered, "I'm a a bind. ago. a skunk, I her. then..."

Leon's in, out. "I'll over. hour." calling, "Leonard!"
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"Over bathroom. first. bed." bed. born. upset. bathroom. heaven. tiles, gagging. "Hi," said. "Not a evening, you?" man.
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6 s: D! S5 P$ X8 O"Don't started. I I undressed. I'm her. I'm I wrong." didn't suggested, "You go. I'll here, a something?"
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"Good idea, I'll a bag. Janice?"

"Yes?"
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, B; u! _' g6 K"I you." a forward, arms. her, weak. him, him, a lips. a in. Glenda's products, world. kiss. Leon's couldn't Leon's buttocks. satisfying. wasn't gym. swimmer's body. a remembered. a fat, insulation. her. Glenda, a her, jealous. panting. whispered, "This a come. a fact, I married. I've a row. I'll a dinner. I served. Carrie." morning. sun.

) \1 y8 a7 M7 c% G' Y- CDamn, didn't curtains? bed, couldn't here.
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4 @! E2 a4 z# d3 aThat's bad. me. a a a headache. time. up, time. Eleven?
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0 Y8 ~( `8 A- ^+ U5 ZShit, Work! I've call. complaining. paracetamol. corner. asked, "Why here? Leon? "
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"Leon I presume, babysit. I'm evening. table."
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"Is angry?" anxiously.

$ G5 g1 U$ l+ y, sJanice, lie, replied, "You idea. He's angry." left. a kitchen. garden. a smell. from? a a terrace. animal. contents.

OMG! mad. I crow, coffee, excuses. leave. Leon. mail. secretary. "Sorry Mrs. Daltree, a colleagues, they're a, "Off Room'. a locker, them." Glenda. a lie. emergencies, Glenda's didn't emergency, her. more, him. sighed. evening. she'd a behavior. Monday. a drinks, intoxication. mirror. Friday, it. a blur. meantime, having. evening, over. a message, woman, a scarce. a drink, phone. a movies. present. gesturing. inside. man. inside, Ian. a accent, "We don't else's wife, you. husband's developments. Oh, don't like. her. That's Police. Then, we're you, you." didn't a time.

Glenda, a again, restaurant. A reservation.
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, M- u: m' g! ?; P  o# {"My a Daltree. I'm right." answered. beamed, "Oh, course. see, Daltree. agenda. "Ah, go. me." table, a drink. husband. time. man. God, right, thought. a himself. enthusiastically Leon. "Good professor, a Saturday. It's tonight. I a drink? jenever. a tonight, it. It's Zuiddam? I think."
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"That applejack?"

"Certainly professor." confused,

. Z+ X5 Z6 [+ O, w2 L& ^# ZProfessor? Saturday? happened? hesitantly, "Why professor, what's a speech?"

"Because I a now. Doctor, I Short." head. looked, husband, "What say?" repeated, "My Doctor, I Short. deaf?" outside. drinks. said, "Splendid. glass." drink. a sip, spirit, sighed, "Just I Peter. bill. Ahh, minute. I'll her. dessert."

A again. "There denying, there? known?" I'm a I syphilis, B D. STDs. So, that? barebacked. Dammit." Ian. her! loss. there, thinking. I all. a available. plate. appetite. Leon. over, a camcorder, Glenda, "Are ?" voice, "Yes I am."
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Janice, a Short. "We've man. him. a time, phone. now. us. We're now.

# y8 E2 ?8 O1 b+ x! _) i7 r"I again, all, a mamba." dead. a moment. a a with. said, "With me.
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"A hospital. alone. espionage. call. it. back. for, go.

a account. a quarters. STDs. didn't back. enough. free.

later. separated, judge, a a denomination, counseling. reconciliation clear. would, secretly, wasn't couldn't energy. tenacious.

$ d+ E. N. B: Y5 xoffice, "Leonard Daltree, afternoon." hesitantly, "Dad?" wrong. "Hi Carrie, what's dear?"
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"It's mum. She's ill, ill. over? place, please?"
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"I she's dear, her?
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"Dad. over? a phone."

7 e9 D7 I- J( T+ Z! v"It's bad, isn't it? Okay, I'll hour." replied, coat.
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: T( O; k: C7 j$ Y+ W"What you?" Bewildered, asked.
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& D# A2 C' o$ \" B7 L"Sit dad, urged, "I'll details. us, please." a 'almost '

"After served, a STDs. STD's a health. a two, patience. a opinion. a liver. aggressively, Immunotherapy. Hospital, a months. mother, "Over mum." started, "My husband. I I've twice, I asshole.
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0 ]. P8 M: j) f# O2 b0 X"I don't you'll I you're I've loved. weaknesses. I now. a him?"

Leon, surprised, asked, "What him? I didn't happened."
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"That a life. A came, hell. buddies. So, he's a time," surprised, "Couldn't a guy. I can't I'm sorry, bruises, drunk. I that. no, I didn't that." thinking,
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I I a Janice. spoke, "And so, I especially." chuckled, "Though a months, most. I treatment. can't chemo, therapy. metastasized, I bad: euthanasia, that's possible, I'll drinking.

! f- m9 H6 e+ w"I though. proceedings? I don't it, I a you'll well." asked. "I'll that. I wife? have, I want. record: I widower. I you."

7 O1 S% g' N) D( a" K" T  x% ICaroline, way, interfered, "Dad, it's care. mum, I a a money. half, us."

"I don't money! It's me, I'm her. don't all? I don't it."

! K) d6 G  g# P% U2 A$ M5 P"See, I so. you're him." said, "Dad, me, she's not. you, it.
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"Another she's money, it." a time, Glenda, daughter, caved.

Glenda's shallower. mother. a a soul.
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Finally, room. breathing.
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! d, q5 ~9 v  _! x6 ]- }later, hospital. Alone. everything. Short. him. lips, asked, "It's done?"

"Yes. It's done. I life, I down. me."

7 H' [% p7 m# P, P7 w7 L# KLeon's around, him. "You've years. I'm words. that, I can't anymore, so.... me?

- d7 c& ]$ I# }, }Janice's houses. "You me. YES! I'll you. I can't you. Now, a celebration. bed, mine, love?" END,
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