Before and After (Before and After, #1)

by Andrew Shanahan

she was actually rather beautiful, in a particular, Northern way.

Ben was fat but he resented it being pointed out. It just felt like lazy thinking. Ben knew there were far more glaring flaws in his character that Dougie could have highlighted. What about the fact that he let fear rule his life? How about his relatively lax standards of hygiene? Don’t go obvious with your insults, Dougie.