Part One
They had known each other since before a time when either of them could remember. The boys were born three weeks apart. Both their mothers were working mothers, friends and neighbors. They took their sons to the same day care center on their way to work.
When they grew older, Douglas always threw his extra three weeks at his younger friend, Leo. He never let Leo forget that he was the older of the two. As a child Douglas was always called Dougie, and Leo was always called Lee