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2、StevenBlue-Williams2HISlaptopcomputerpurreddowntoablankscreenandadesolatekindofstillness.Christianwishedhehadn’tsattherethatextratenminutes,towelinghisprematurelysalt-and-pepperhair,InstantMessaginghisfriendswhilehedidalast,sweepingcheckofhise-mailaccountsforthenight.Hesuck
3、edinhisfull,purple-huedlips,rubbingathisforeheadashefeltaheadachebuildingandasleeplessnightloominglikeahungrywolf,prowlingbeforethekill.Chrisstood,exhalingandscratchingatthebroadplainofhisbarechest,theslightlypaleskinthererougingashisfingernailsgratedlinesthatstungjustenoughtobeanecessaryrelease.H
4、efeltlikehe’dbeensucker-punched,and,althoughithadn’tbeenentirelyunexpected,hesupposedthereactionwasn’tthatoverlydramatic.HeandBrianhadbeengoodtogether,butlatelythingshadchanged.TheybarelygottoseeeachothersinceBrian,wholivedfarfromChris’sLondonhomeoutonthewestcoastofEngland,hadlosthisjobatthesmalle
5、lectricalstorehehadworkedat.Bothofthemfindingthatmoneywastight,theirweekendtripstoeachother’shouseshadgottenfurtherapart:atfirstmissinganoddweekhere,thenacoupleofweeksthere,until,suddenly,theyhadn’tseeneachTheUndergroundValentine
6、StevenBlue-Williams3otherinamonthandahalformore,andhadtalkedonthepho
7、neperhapstwiceinallthattime.Chrishadtriedhisbesttokeepincontact,butBrianwasflakyatthebestoftimes.Evenbeforehisdwindlingbankaccountduetotherecentjobloss,Brianwashardtogetholdof,alwaysorganizingsomepartyorsomenewcelebration,goingtotheopeningofthiscluborthestartofthatbeachfestival.ThatwaswhatChrishad
8、lovedaboutBrianinthebeginning,butastimeworeonhegottiredofhearinghisownvoicecomplainingaboutthelackofcontactwithamanwhohad,lastValentine’sDay,pledgedhisundyingloveandheart.Then,afewmonthsago,Brianhadjuststoppedtalking.Noe-mails,nophonecalls,notextmessages,nothing.Chriswasabrightguy—infact,hewasprob
9、ablythesmartestpersonheknew,andthatwasn’tbeingbig-headed;itwasjustafact—andhehadquicklyfiguredthatBrianhadprobablydecidedtocallitquits.Thethingwas—andthiswaswhyChriscouldsayhewasintelligentwithoutbeingarrogant—he
