Chapter Seven
Rajiv Again
…Still in place before the window, Rajiv wondered at the strength of his current erection for an incident from his life almost forty years distant. The power of his deceased partner not diminished by either the passing of the years or the new adventure –albeit passive- he was in the process of planning with his protégé in England.
Replacing a woman such as Ilse something he described to himself as:
“An impossibility”.
When Ilse was alive he had, at least, gotten out to restaurants, cinemas, and business functions from time to time. Now, without his partner to drape on an arm and give these interludes meaning, he far preferred to stay at home in the company of Johnny Walker.
And - when his old friend wasn’t available?
Well, then there was always his long-tim
