Locals, usually on their way home after work, swarmed to the local pubs to celebrate winter’s gift. But Rupert’s thoughts were not on the snow that evening. He kept thinking about a text he had received, two days ago, from a friend who had been out of touch for almost three years. It had simply read: Our old spot when you get off on Friday night. Ian. No further explanation was necessary. Ian and Rupert had worked together in the early nineties. Ian was an intense workaholic American and Rupert an extroverted free spirit who brought out the fun side of his Yank friend. The two had hit it off
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