It's been a long time since I had a cold brew!"Jeff pulled out a cigarette and lit it, blowing out some smoke. "I thought you'd say that."I pulled out...my Camel no. 9's and lit one. I also enjoyed my cigarette with the beer. "Ahh.. This is the life man!" What the fuck, when did you start smoking?" He asked."In France. 'Bout a month ago." I said. I heard the X-Box 360 being turned off. Brad came by with a lit cigarette. Now the Three amigos were cancer infected. Woo Hoo!"Nice. My favorite brand.". She asked him a couple of times during the week how Rajesh was, but he seemed non-committal, just saying ‘ok’. On Friday afternoon as usual the two boys arrived, excited for the end of the weekend together and with Riya, and looking forward to their computer games and cricket.After dinner, Shreyas went upstairs with his phone to download a new game, and Riya had the chance to talk with Rajesh. She called him into the kitchen and threw a tea towel towards him. ‘Can you dry some dishes please. His hand crashed across my face and decked me to the bed. My lip had a trickle of blood on it as I instantly lurched back upright. Glaring at him I stuck my tongue out and licked the blood up. My tears flowed freely and my small chest heaved from my quiet sniveling."Lie to me again and I'll cut your lying nigger tongue out of your mouth. I have a knife too bitch!" He reached down and touched his ankle. It's in his boot I thought as the jerk kept talking, "Now, once again, how old are you?". I was getting a little antsy that I hadn’t heard from any of my old customers when Monday morning rolled around. I figured that at least some of them would call to let me know they got my e-mail. I had received a couple of e-mails acknowledging my notice, but nothing else. So when my phone went off about 10am on Monday morning, I jumped in surprise. ‘Copely Services,’ I answered. ‘Hi Stan, it’s Sue Palotti at Winston Candy.’ It was a familiar voice. Winston Candy was a large national candy.