Boss by Ashley John

Author:Ashley John [John, Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary
Amazon: B011P62JLU
Goodreads: 25237757
Publisher: Ashley John
Published: 2015-07-13T14:00:00+00:00

Ezra crouched over the grave, gently placing the white lilies over the plastic wrappers filled with dead, rotting flowers. How long has it been since somebody visited her grave?

He stared at the carvings in the marble but they were nothing more than empty words.

‘Lily Amelia Steele. 4th May 2008 – 30th June 2010. Rest in peace our angel.’

The sun and rain had discoloured the tiny picture in the grave to the point where it was nothing more than a faded ghost. Opening his wallet, he plucked out the last picture he had taken of Lily, slotting it into the space, knowing that he had more copies at home to replace the one in his wallet.

It all felt like a strange routine, which meant he could stay detached from what it actually meant. It had been something he had done every week, and then every month, and then only once a year. I should visit you more. He knew it was an empty promise. It was too difficult.

Five years felt important. Five years without her felt like five minutes, even if everything had changed. It was a week until the anniversary but he could never bring himself to visit on that day. He knew it would be filled with Jade’s side of the family. They would start the day polite and sober but it wouldn’t be long until they cracked out the cans and the dope. Just another chance to get wrecked. I’m better staying away from that.

Wiping the tears from his cheeks, he stood up and straightened out his suit. He kissed his fingers and gently placed it on her smile.

“See you later,” he whispered.

It sounded even more stupid out loud but he had no idea what else he was supposed to say. Ezra had spent years building up the walls. He had trained himself to no longer cry. He had trained himself to only think about Lily when he really needed to. June was always the difficult month but he had Joshua to keep his mind occupied.

Joshua had been his single thought since they had met but he knew where he stood with him now. He knew he shouldn’t have expected anything more from him, but he had. That makes you the fool.

He slowly weaved in and out of the graves to the tiny car park in front of St. John of Jerusalem Church in the heart of Hackney. A group of teens were sitting on the wall opposite his car, eying it up with jealousy. He was half daring one of them to touch it as he walked towards it.

“Sick car, mate,” one of them called.

“I’m not your ‘mate’,” Ezra snapped back.

As they showered him with insults and threats, he jumped into the car. Within seconds he had the engine roaring into life and he was speeding through Hackney so fast, the world became a blur around him. He didn’t want to see the place he had grown up. He didn’t want to see the people he had grown up with.

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