KEY exterminators TERMITE and PEST CONTROL

he saw their trucks roll about town

once upon a time he managed their account with a cellfone company

once upon a time he knew KEYs owners son  it was a family-owned business   Bruce

his impression of Bruce when they met was that he was a brute a muscleheadmeathead  might have been a bully when he was a kid

but if that was what went before it had nothing to do with him now

if Bruce tried bullying him Bruce would be up to his eyeballs in hurt

itd be a coin toss

he knew it

Bruce seemed to know it too

truce

they were jocular when they ran into each other at the gym

Bruce lifted with a Mexican buddy who he knew from playing softball years prior

Mexican Robert

Awnaw man  Robertoyea  I aint fuckin callin ya Bob

I like Bob

I got a kid brother who took my dads name BOB  an despite me havin no input of my naming Ill be grateful my whole life he took that bulletBOB  Beast Of Burden is what I told my old man when he gave me his metal tool chest when I left home  he went to tear the blackadhesive punched label off it but I stayed his handNO  Leave it be BOB  Why BOB Comeon dadBeast Of Burden   he didnt see the humour of it

Roberto

I said I like Bob  Call me Bob

Okay Mexican Bob   As long as you dont mind Bob

I like it

Bruce and Bob  an innarestin tagteam  they lifted well together

he didnt need a buddythe support  he was singleminded   he didnt need a sidekick

Bruce beat somebody

he ended up in jail

Bob told him after the third time hed seen Bob lifting alonealways threes  never caught his attention until the third time  a personal thing  he never made a decision about a damn thing until hed played it three timestasted it three times  if after three times he didnt like it he dismissed it an never paid it attention ever again   Anything    Anything at all  People

How long is he in for

The law cuts jail time in half for good behavior  Hell be in for a year if hes good

You see him

He doesnt want to see anyonehes ashamed

You writin him or callin

Write Hilarious pendejo   We talk on the phone

Next time you do tell him hi from meHang tough

Yea man  Ill do that

Thanks Mexican Bob

in jail Bruce met a cat who he really liked

when he got out and returned to his exterminators job and the cat got out Bruce offered him to stay with him

Bob slipped awayhe wasnt keen of the cat  Too pretty for me  Hes twisting Bruce but Bruce dont see it man  he shook his head   Never thought Bruce went that way yaknow

No  We never dodo we   But does he seem happy with the guy

Seems happyseems confused

Confused

Its gay manBruce never saw himself gay

Or maybe he realised long ago he was gay  an for his family an church an this small rural town he met it with violence

Maybe

Bruce committed suicide

the cat left himthe cat took him for plenty before he left and left with plenty

Bruce was brokenhearted

he couldnt accept the relationship was overhe couldnt accept he was a homoA fuckin homo   he beat shit outa homos

a bullet through his heart

he was a professional exterminator

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