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“Did you get it?” demanded Luigi. 

“Yes. It was YIZ___”

“Lemme write that down.  Just in case we forget or the photos didn’t come out.”

“Let’s see the photos.”

They were clear enough.  A grey Toyota Corolla.  In one of them, the man’s profile was visible.

“Is it him?” asked Luigi, passing over his phone to Cody.

Cody inspected the image very closely.  “Can we make it bigger?” he asked.  “Focus on the face?”

Luigi fiddled with the phone.  “It’s so small.  Maybe, we can take it home and I’ll transfer to my computer, with its bigger screen.”

When they got home, the results were inconclusive. 

“I could’ve sworn it was him,” Cody said, but there was doubt in his voice.  “And if it was him, where’s his Kombi?”

“Well, maybe,” reasoned Luigi, “maybe he likes to use the Corolla for everyday stuff and the Kombi for when he … you know …” He faltered.

“Fuck! I thought we had him!”

“We might still do.”  Luigi paced up and down his tiny sitting room in excitement.

“How?”

“No good going to those detectives.  They couldn’t give a flying fuck about gay blokes.  But why don’t we talk to that cop from Macedon.   He was really nice and he cared.  What was his name again?”

“Colin.  I’ll never forget it.”

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“Nao,” he said at last.  He was silent for a while.  “It sounds loike Oi’m lookin’ ta get the best of baoth worlds.  But Oi can’t make a promise Oi can’t kaip.”

“What can you promise?”

“That Oi love ya and will go on lovin’ ya.  That aiven if Oi slaip with other blaokes, Oi won’t slaip with women. Except you.  And whatever happens, Oi’m still ya friend.  And we naid friends.  More’n anything.”

He was still holding her hands.  She said, “We’ll try and see, OK.  I can’t make promises I can’t keep either.”  She felt his hands tighten then relax, and his eyes gleamed. 

“So would ya loik to, naow?”

“That’s all you’re interested in.”

“I have news for you, sista, that’s all any man is interested in.”

“Somewhere out there my prince is waiting,” said Esmé piously. “Meanwhile, I’ll make do with the pauper.  The sex-crazed paper.”

“I can get a pea to put under the mattress,” offered Keith, his eyes sparkling, struggling to keep his expression disinterested and professional.

“Your mattress?  Huh!  Why bother?”

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Cody drifted into la petite mort, which is what the French call that sleep after orgasm.  The little death.  Luigi held him in his arms, his eyes wet, gratitude in his heart.  He didn’t know who to thank.  Certainly not God.  God had made him what he was, had made him suffer the pain of being an effeminate gay, of being beaten up, of being despised and disliked.   Or maybe that was just the Christian God, always angry and judgmental.    Richard had believed in The Goddess, a loving Mother to the world, not nearly so cross and jealous and disapproving.  Luigi knew la nonna believed in Her too.  Or at least, she never prayed to Jesus or God but to Mary and the female saints.  Once she had said to Luigi that Jesus was too busy to care about the problems women faced.  But Mary cared because She was a woman.  She understood women’s hardships and their lives.  Maybe The Goddess Mother of the world was Mary and maybe something quite other, but Luigi didn’t care.  As superstitious as his Calabrian forefathers, he knew gratitude was necessary, or your luck could turn.  So he thanked The Goddess and promised that he would look after Cody.  And, as an afterthought, Keith and Jason too.    Gently, so as not to wake the sleeping Cody, he kissed the blond curls on the top of his head and settled in to wait until Cody woke up.

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Cody ?

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... sorry!

I've been unwell; working like a demon at work work; and rather down.  Just at the moment everything aches: head, neck, knees, ankles, back, stomach.   Sigh.  I expect it'll get better!

Meanwhile ... this pic is lovely.  [From PicsThatWorkForMe]