The Thing Behind The Mantelpiece
10 min readAug 4, 2021
“Oh my God, Lenny. You scared the hell out of me.”
“Sorry.”
“Another bad night of sleep again I guess?”
“Yeah.”
“Okay Lenny, listen I’m more than happy to have you living back here at the family home with me and I want nothing more than to give you whatever you need right now. I know you’ve had a hard year but you have to start…