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  1. Cover
  2. By the same author
  3. SUZY SUZY
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Glossary of Dialect Terms
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  89. About William Wall
  90. An Invitation from the Publisher

I said, I think you should tell him. He might be mad but he’ll get over it.

OK, he said. I suppose.

Well, what’s the worst case scenario? He tells you move out? He never wants to talk to you again? Like if you move out, take me with you.

I bitch-slapped him on the shoulder and said, J and K must be determined from the output states of the J-K flip-flop.

I could see he didn’t get it. It’s from your textbook!

Suzy, seriously, you worry me sometimes. What fucking textbook?

We had a laugh about that. I asked him about being gay. What was it like? Did he have gay friends? How would one gay person know another gay person if he saw him? How many gay people would I know? Like among my circle of acquaintances. Did he ever make a pass at straight guys? Are gay men attracted to lesbian women? Like, what is it about women that gay men don’t like?

I asked him if he ever went to gay clubs.

Sometimes, he said. Not a lot though. There’s only one anyway.

I told him I saw all that on telly. Gay clubs and dancing and all that. But I was wondering if they dress up for it. Some guys in dresses and high heels and some girls in suits? And trannies. All that shit. Talking funny. And would you see guys kissing guys? And is it all mad active and up? Like to judge by the telly gays have all the fun. I was trying to remember where I saw that. I think it was a documentary about an American guy.

Not really, he said. It’s a pretty quiet place. Like a pub, you know? There’s a bit of a dance floor.

Me: So that’s where you met the Bowles guy?

Tony: No that was in Counihans’s. Remember? I told you. He came in with his daughter.

Me: His daughter?

Tony: Yeah, Grace.

Me: Grace is a woman? Are you sure?

Tony: Listen, just because I’m gay…

Me: But she’s twice his size?

Tony: What has that got to do with anything?

Me: So you liked him because he’s gay?

Tony: He’s not gay.

Me: Are you sure?

Tony: Bowles had three wives.

Me: Really? Wow.

Tony: The second time I met him was after you and Serena broke in…

Me: We didn’t break in we only broke a window!

Tony: And burned his bin to the ground.

Me: OK, we burned his bin too. Serena is a pyromaniac.

Well, he needed his alarm fixed and I told him I was in Elec Eng and one thing followed another and I ended up installing the new alarm system for him. That’s how I got to know him.

You installed his alarm system?

It’s easy peasy. It’s like a kit. You could do it yourself.