“Listen to you! I’d like to see you take a beating and see how well you do. You should call himter to


    make sure he’s okay. He probably needs a friendly voice.”


    “I don’t want to. Niles is a grown man. If he can’t take his Lumps Like aman, then he needs gender


    reassignment surgery. It was just a ruler,”


    Wesley retorted stubbornly


    ‘A ruler? Was that what his grandpa punished Niles with?’ ir wondered.


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    “Fine. Then I’ll text him on WeChat. You still busy?” she asked quietly. It felt so good to talk to him on


    such a serene night.


    It bugged Wesley that ir worried about Niles. He couldn’t take his mind off it.


    “I’m not. Don’t worry. I’ll call him. I’ll tell you how he is when I’m done.”


    “Okay. Coming back any time soon?” She missed him and couldn’t help scrawling his name over and


    over again on a notebook


    Then her name. ir. Wesley. She imagined their names as they’d be printed on their marriage


    Licenses


    “No, I can’t make it. If you need anything, call those guys I told you about.”


    “Oh…”


    She was disappointed. Then for a moment, neither of them spoke.


    Pouting, ir doodled over Wesley’s name.


    “Call Niles. Talk to youter.”


    “Okay.”


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    “Bye.”


    “Bye.”


    ir hung up reluctantly.


    She sat at her desk, dispirited, reading the WeChat updates, waiting for Wesley’s message.


    The minute Wesley got off the phone, he set the cell on the desk. He took a deep breath and


    commanded, “Come out, now!”


    Instantly, a group of men came out from around the corner, pushing and nudging each other. Lenard


    was pushed to the front of the group. He smiled at Wesley awkwardly.


    “Evening, Chief.”


    Wesley shot them a cold nce without a word and took out a cigarette from his pocket.


    Seeing him Light it, Talbot and Bowman walked over quickly.


    “Hey Chief, can we borrow your lighter?”