EPISODE FORTY-FIVE
FORTY-FIVE The lights in the bar were all on now. Their pale light suffused the room with a yellow glow that made everything appear somehow older. Even the people. Half-way through my second pint, I had already decided not to have another one. I could tell the beer was strong. And while my body could metabolize the alcohol so that it had no effect on me, it might provoke unwanted attention if I drank too much of the brew with no apparent effects at all. Also, I did not want Joanne to drink too much. Carrying back to her first floor flat did not appeal to me at all, especially with the freezing fog drawing in again. The door opened and a man came in. Tall and extremely thin, he walked very upright, which made him seem even taller, in the low-ceilinged room.
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