Cash woke up fully clothed to the sound of his mobile alarm at 6:00 am. He was on the dark blue sofa in the lounge room. Reached down gingerly, turned it off. He had drunk half-a-bottle of Suntory Whiskey the night before to ensure sleep. He rang Aaron straight away.
‘Hey, Cash, he’s fine. Not fine but he’s going to be alright. I’m sorry about yelling at you and—’
‘He was with me. I should have protected him. I don’t know. It all happened so fast. I should have …’
‘Done a lot of things, sure. He’s talking. Remembers what happened. That cop, Milano, he rang already this morning. I told him the doctor said he can’t have visitors and so on. What is with that cop? I looked in at that ice junkie. He’s sweating, cursing, shaking the bed.’
‘f**k him. f**k Milano. I’ll be there in an hour. You
