lone

We never really hung out together. Our time together was always ‘work’ related. We ran in different circle and had different motivations. We were alike in that we were the end of the line, when the matter came to us, there was either success or failure, there would be no do-overs. Another similarity – we were loners, trust no one. Usually when we met it was not for reasons of our own doing, we were getting someone else’s back, jumping into the fray for somebody else. We were there because we couldn’t say ‘no’ to a friend in need.

I wouldn’t classify us as friends but I knew if I needed help he would do what he could and he would get the same from me. There was a mutual respect but the respect came from a distance. But the request for assistance would never be spoken – we were loners.