Complexity, No, I want simple.

There was a bar within a hundred steps of the Library entrance. The barman got the shock of his life as he was just unlocking and opening up and we chased him back behind his bar, I ordered two triple whiskey's with a drop of water, I noticed he raised one eyebrow at the order and I was waiting for him to give me a card for the local chapter of AA. Once both our nerves had recovered and Ginia had asked for a black coffee with her next triple, we found a seat and she told me what her and Liz talked about this morning. Liz had arrived at work to find that Alexis was alone. She had asked Alexis if she knew where Devon was but she didn't know. Liz wasn't sure why but by half past nine she noticed Alexis was in tears about something but when she confronted Alexis about it she had run off to the bathroom. Obviously Liz hadn't heard the news or she would of known why, however where was Devon? “God M. you don't think Joe off'ed him too, do you?”

“What do you mean off'ed him too Ginia?”

“Oh shit you don't know, Benny's dead, he's being autopsied this afternoon but they suspect a lung problem.”

“So Liz still doesn't know?”

“Nope, and anyway she didn't want to even talk about anything but you and Leigh. She told me about breakfast this morning. She said she got a flash of what life should have been like before she stuffed it all up.”

“Other than that she is just crossing her fingers that you're not about to kick her out.”

Gin went quiet after that, she was hesitating about something, the way she wasn't looking at me I could tell there was something on her mind.

“Want to talk about it Ginia?”

“No, not really.”

“Okay, well when you do let me know.”

“All right but it's just gonna make things even more complex and I don't know how to handle it.”

“Oh you've peaked my interest now, you've got to tell me now Gin.”

“Well my son has a girl he's met that he's really set on, like head over heels for.”

“Well good on him, so have you met her yet?”

“No meeting her tonight, my son's met her dad though, nice chap so Paul said.”

“Great, so the problem is ...?”

“Well we were meant to meet last night but she had a prior engagement, evidently her mother wanted a heart to heart, seems she was involved in an affair and her daughter and Dad found out.”

“Wait! what?” I didn't even know my glass had slipped through my hand until it hit the floor.