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  1. Robert Hugill
    Vince stuck his head around the door first thing, very first thing, to say he was leaving the car. He would walk to work and then be with Peter in the evening. Which made my trip to Lidl a lot easier. I didn’t fancy lugging groceries on the bike and the idea of getting a taxi to go shopping grated somewhat. Transport was an issue that still needed to be sorted. However, Lidl came up gold. Burrata and tomatoes, cheese, cold meats, and salad, along with some olives. Things I could manage, and it d
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    Gavin sat over breakfast and pushed all thought of home behind him. Matthew was safely at the orchestra course for the weekend and would be well taken care of. Besides, the boy could look after himself. He had had a couple of nights staying in Jase’s flat, which was familiar territory but now Matthew was nearing adulthood, the flat was seeming alarmingly tiny. Matthew had made it clear to Gavin that staying with his Uncle Jason was not quite the treat it had been when he was a kid. And besides,
  3. Robert Hugill
    Ha ha! Wait and see...
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    Vince and Peter had had something of an argument. Vince called it a tiff, but I suspected it was a bit more serious than that. After all, life for them was even more complex to negotiate now that things were out in the open. I wondered whether their cosy domestic act and the growling after my talk yesterday had been just that, an act for us. That things were tricky. I wasn’t going to see much of anyone over the next few days. Vince was involved at an event over the weekend at the Centre,
  5. Robert Hugill
    In fact Slav is one of the reasons I developed the story further. He takes time to appear, but I grew rather fond of him. He is also rather more bear-ish than the film
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    Deputed - asked someone to act or speak for you To be strictly correct it should say Matthew's father deputed Jason...
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    Brothers-in-law or what? A simple weekend away releases a welter of surprising feelings and ideas for Gavin and Jason, whilst Gavin’s son Matthew, happily ensconced with his girlfriend, suddenly finds himself dealing with interest from his friend Rory. Rory, in danger of being overwhelmed by discovering he’s gay and being rejected by his parents, finds a new home with Gavin and his family, and a sort of peace in the arms of a burly Czech builder.
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    Thanks to his Uncle Jason, who was deputed to give him a lift in his Dad’s absence, Matthew only just arrived at the college before registration for the course closed. Timekeeping had never been one of Uncle Jason's strong points and despite Matthew having his bags packed, his violin and music ready hours before, they had still nearly been late. Granted, the drive over had been exciting, Jason rarely stuck to the speed limit. That was what made staying with him fun, Jason cut corners and pushed
  9. Robert Hugill
    Venetia's poison will have a fairly long reach, but she is essentially a spent force, you will all be pleased to know!
  10. Robert Hugill
    Vince and Peter did have fun at the new restaurant, it seemed. The cooking had been good and the atmosphere friendly, not too over the top. I wondered whether Matt and I might try it for a treat, perhaps. Breakfast was not en famille. I stayed in the annexe and worked, and it was no good trying to contact Matt as he would be off in the middle of nowhere with his bird watching. Late morning, Vince and Peter surfaced, so the three of us had coffee. Freddie made a brief appearance, grabbed su
  11. Robert Hugill
    And that was how, on Saturday morning, I ended up cleaning the inside of Vince’s car. Why was I not surprised that he had a neat portable vacuum cleaner, and cloth and spray-cleaner specifically for the car interior. The car was band-box clean already, and smelt decent enough. Though I opened all the doors just in case. But I followed his (detailed) instructions and went over everything. Moggie decided that this was more interesting than chasing birds, and seemed determined to help. I was j
  12. Robert Hugill
    “He’s like a big kid”, Gordon shook his head and smiled fondly, “Ever since Toby told us about booking tickets for today, Brian’s been ridiculously excited.” Russ nodded over to where Brian and Toby were stood on the edge of the platform looking intently at a steam train, “Well, young Toby seems to be matching him for enthusiasm.” Gordon raised an eyebrow, “Who knew.” It was the last day before Christmas that the Heritage Railway was running steam trains, and the station was in fu
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    Day trip

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    I love cake, though it remains something of a treat. I developed rather a fondness for Matt myself. He develops slowly.
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    “Are you sure that you don’t have to work?” Matt shook his head. “No, I’m winding down. Sandie is taking over as assistant manager.” “You mean…?” His eyes really lit up. “I’ve had my interview for the Nature Reserve.” “That was quick! You should have said.” “Nah. I didn’t want to jinx it or make myself more nervous. It was all online, video on my phone.” He gave a nervous cough. “I start next week, trial period at first, see how I go. So I’ll be submitting my invoice to
  15. Robert Hugill
    No love interest, but new friends and plenty of drama!
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    “This was her wedding present?” Russ held up Deirdre’s picture, staring at it curiously. “She always had a funny turn of humour, and it was intended to be light-hearted.” Gordon nodded, “I think it makes a neat solution. Give us something for our wedding that doesn’t have the whiff of sour grapes. We’d been meaning to show it to you before, but this one”, he nodded towards Brian who simply grinned, “kept forgetting it.” “Hang on, I’m not taking it work, lugging it around was stupi
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    More to come, and 'gasp' a proper discussion between Matt and Gray
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    “Could I come and listen, even if I just sat in the garden?” I looked at Matt with surprise. He had never struck me as someone wanting to listen to a scratch play through of Mozart’s Violin Sonatas. “It might not be very good. After all, I have never accompanied anyone before. There is the potential for crap, though I think Eva is more the sort to laugh problems off.” He looked at me rather earnestly. “But it’d be you doing it, and I kind of like that.” We were sat, having our usu
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    “Have you got any plans for the weekend, sport?” “Plans, Dad? What do you mean?” Brian sighed, “Well, friends whose parties you need to go to, events at school, that sort of thing.” Toby thought about it, and then looked dubiously at his Father, “Noooo. At least, nothing special. Why?” “Well, Gordon and I were thinking. There’s been a lot going on recently, both good and bad, and it would be nice to spend time together without having to worry. Proper family time.” “Famil
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    Simon’s wife, Eva, was built on a similarly ample scale to him. She was giving off a rather 1950s air I think; tailored navy dress with a full skirt, sober collar, shiny red belt, red earrings and court shoes, with matching lipstick and pale make-up. As a look, it was very striking. We had a similar table to last time, and the restaurant’s South-West France-themed evening seemed to be popular. The clientele was mainly older, and I heard whiffs of conversations about cassoulet, duck gizzard,
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    Many thanks to all our readers, I see that the story was at no. 7 in the Top 10 Most Read General Fiction for last month. Terrific!
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    “How was he?” Brian peered at Gordon, trying to work out quite what effect meeting his teenage boyfriend, Ralph, had had on Gordon. For some reason that Brian accepted but could not quite understand, Ralph’s presence in Parborough had preyed on Gordon as if the man could not quite get over the shitty way their liaison had ended all those years ago. That Ralph knew Morrie of Iverson’s, who was doing business with Russ, and that Ralph had recognised some of Drew’s paintings in Russ’ office we
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    Wait and see!
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    I must be very 'English' as I don't do hugs!
  25. Robert Hugill
    Gray and Matt do get there and all I will say is that their 'moment' involves Vince's car! Stay tuned.
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