Before and After (Before and After, #1)

by Andrew Shanahan

tip my head back and battle against the teardrops – the drinking water has gone, I am not going to just let this priceless resource fall out of my face and onto the floor.

I’ve never hit anyone before. She works at Greggs as well, how could anyone inflict pain on someone like that? They created a sausage roll for vegans.

To fill time, I am taking an inventory of my resources. Food is an easy one – there is none. There’s a home delivery booked with Morrisons for a week on Wednesday when I’m due to come out of the hospital, but that’s not looking likely to happen now.

“Yep, Loopy – have Olivia or Sophie ever mentioned Loopy to you?”

my mind, I think I hear Father Donnell commenting that there is something supernaturally appropriate about making a prosthetic leg from Lego, so I bring the large box through to the lounge and start to experiment.

“Your dog has eaten Jesus! Spit it out Brown, this isn’t funny! That’s Our Lord and Saviour!”

Karl screams that he’s being abducted as we go