Someone Like You by Brown L.M

Author:Brown, L.M. [Brown, L.M.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2019-12-06T16:00:00+00:00

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Deacon let himself into the flat over the garage as quietly as he could. His stealth was a little redundant when he saw Billy sitting at the kitchen table working on the books.

“You’re back early,” Billy commented. “I thought you’d be staying there for the holidays.”

Deacon sat opposite Billy and tried to appear calm and casual. “I didn’t want to leave you on your own.”

“I’ve survived plenty of Christmases on my own over the years. I think I can manage without you for another one. Now do you want to tell me what really happened?”

“How do you do that?”

“You know what they say; it takes one to know one. When I look at you I see myself twenty years ago. I remember what lies I told myself, and I’m hearing a lot of them the last week.”

“Things didn’t work out, okay?”

“Why not?”

“They just didn’t. I don’t want to talk about it.”

“Okay.” Billy turned back to his calculator and tapped in a few more figures.

“It’s over.”

Billy continued to total up the column he was working on. “All right.”

“Totally over, finished. We’re never going to see each other again.”

“If you say so.”

“I do say so. It’s over.”

Billy finally looked up at him with a small smile. “Better get rid of his pictures then, don’t you think?”

Deacon protectively reached towards his shirt pocket before he remembered they weren’t there. “Oh shit.”

“What’s the matter?”

“I left them in Todd’s basement.”

“Oh well, since it’s over it doesn’t really matter, does it?”

Deacon glared at Billy. “I know what you’re trying to do.”

Billy smiled back innocently. “And what would that be?”

“Git!” Deacon pushed back from the table and went through to his own room, closing the door firmly behind him. He knew Billy would give him his privacy and wouldn’t press him for details. Maybe later he would talk to him about what had happened. He’d make him see his situation was totally different to what had happened to Billy, and that would be the end of it. And maybe, after he’d convinced Billy, he’d be able to believe the lie himself.

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