Zeroman - 4 LEONARD GREEN

4 LEONARD GREEN

THURSDAY

Today started out just as any other. I got to my service station job on time or just a few minutes before 6am. Tom my boss is away so I took the keys from the night shift guy Warren. He is a total pratt a few years younger than me with the severest case of spots you have ever seen. Poor bastard I guess I can forgive him his personality given his suffering.

Anyway I took the keys and checked around to make sure everything was in order. The rest room was a pig sty toilet paper all over the place including the sink which had overflowed. I won't even mention the toilet. Suffer in acne hell Warren you prick.

I got things cleaned up in the lower Volta, which took quite a bit of work as I juggled filling cars as well. I gobbled down a pie about 10am smeared liberally with sauce from a dozen of those stupid little packets. Why on earth they make them that small I will never know. I was just de-stressing when this car pulled in and stopped. It was overloaded with louts and by the looks of things I knew a few of them from school. A couple of them still lived in the village. I could see then looking my way and laughing. They appeared to be suggesting something to the car's driver but he seemed to need encouragement. Not much though as he soon started banging on the horn and motioning me to come out. I went out and around to the drivers side and could see now it was Big Greeny. Nasty piece of work not that I'd say it aloud and most of his friends were worse.

"Fill it up boy" he said "and make it quick, we don't have all day!" They started laughing just as a police car pulled into the other aisle. I wasn't too worried before but the situation annoyed me and when the police car pulled in I felt braver. I finished filling the car and collected the money returning shortly to hand over the change.20

"Still working a your mummy's nursery Leonard" I asked. I emphasized the first part of Leonard as one would speaking to a naughty child. He was not happy and scowled as his friends swore at me and laughed at him. They drove off, their car choking out a thick cloud of smoke.

I went to the village school with Leonard. His mum has a nursery nearby where she insists he work full-time to keep him out of prison. Leonard's father Tony lives a few houses from the fish shop where I work in the evening. His dad did a bit of time in his earlier days and everyone knows he's still up to no good. Some pretty bad stuff by all accounts. The boys Leonard gets about with work for his dad. All big boys like Leonard and Tony.

SATURDAY

I had just finished up at the riding school for young ladies. It was late afternoon and I was making my way home. I could see a group of rough lads walking up the footpath in my direction so I put my head down intending to just walk by. BANG! First thing I know is I'm lying on the ground blood pissing out my nose. One of the bastards had smacked me in the face. From the wallop to lying in my own blood I had no recollection like I had lost the time, it happens like that. I automatically curled up like a fetus covering my face with my hands as they proceeded to give me a kicking.

I could hear then yelling "You fucking smart prick think you can talk to him like that," and "take that you dirty little toe-rag not so tough without the pigs to back you up are you?"20

After a few bumpy minutes they gave up and stalked off leaving me to crawl home. I sneaked in not to worry mum and got cleaned up. Amazingly I didn't think anything was broken except for a chipped front tooth. I suspected they didn't have it in for me and were just looking to have a bit of fun.

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