a

ed around to give me a hard look. I didn't much care. I was just glad to see my twin broth

the seats with his cup of coffee in hand. He slippe

ady?" he asked me, though I kn

en himself wrapped up in something serious. A lot of the clients he was representing were overseas, which meant that serious

e explained. "Something about a family wedding? I'm not sure. I

st so averse to work

me. "Am I that

told him. "I don't know

l day, every day doing more th

y hands. "Hey, no rest

"I don't think you could get f

come up with. I was a vet, and he was a lawyer who worked his ass off to bring cases that were being ignored in front of judges who cou

ardly saw each other, given how demanding both our jobs were all the time, and I needed to c

her of us are actually going

Nice idea tho

dea," h

as though I didn't tell him this every time

reached out and squeezed my s

ords, 'I'm proud of you,' y

art expressing my emotions right about the time

ea

le we normally saw in here every day who hadn't turned up for a f

over what could have been happening with complete strangers. Sad? For sure. But it was also fun and j

o his just to squeeze in his workout. I didn't know where he got the motivation to focus on keeping in shape. The best I could manage was running around

ll in one, or at least, she had to step up to that plate after Rita, my business partner, had gone on maternity leave. Things had bee

the makeshift staffroom we had converted

we had today. It was unusually busy for a Monday, and I could be guaranteed that

nt to clean myself up and get the b

ed, pulling a face. "I think I've fo

ren't going to run out of shit before the end of the month when all our payments rolled over. I knew I should hav