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time. Four houses down the street was all Frank had to go. “Oh my God.” She rushed around looking for something to put on.
    “ El,” Dean called out to her, “what’s happening?” He listened to the sound of her footsteps as they ran up the stairs, shuffled on the floor above his head and thumped back down, Dean even thought he heard her stumble. “El? What’s going on?”
    Ellen pulled up her shorts . “I have to stop him. Oh shit, I have to stop him.”
    The panic was so predominant in Ellen ’s voice that Dean felt it. “What?”
    “ You heard him, Dean,” she spoke rapidly as she ran to the door. “And that look. That look, that look ... oh God, he’s going after Henry.”
     
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    Henry had just about reached that point in his work where he was starting to get bored. He set down his book on the coffee table and began to sit. He expected Ellen to call him back soon. He did not expect the loud, single bang at his front door. Wondering who was joking around—loudly—Henry walked to the front door, opening it. “Frank?”
    “ Just so you know,” Frank spoke graveled, “just so you were warned, and just so you can see it coming ... I’m gonna nail you right now.” Before Henry could respond, Frank did something he seldom did. He gave Henry everything he had and he sailed it to him in that one hit. A single hit that spun Henry and sent him flying back, knocking him into the end table, then rolling him onto the floor.
    Henry ’s eyes rolled from the hit. He found himself face-first in his carpet, staring at blood that dropped swiftly onto it from his cheek.
    “ Get up!”
    Henry blinked slowly . He watched the floor move in a blur, so foggy he felt.
    “ I said get up!”
    Henry braced his hands upon the carpet , lifting his chest from the floor then bringing himself to his knees. “Frank ...”
    “ I will not fight with you, Henry, and I will not argue with you until you get up!”
    His balance was lost and Henry was confused , not only from the hit but from what caused it. Stumbling, he reached for the already fallen end table and stood up. His wobbly legs caused him to tip then Henry stumbled forward, catching himself seconds before he hit the wall. Using it as a means of support, Henry faced Frank and leaned back swaying. “What is going on?” He wiped the blood from his cheek.
    “ I cannot believe you have to ask me that.”
    “ What, Frank?”
    “ You were supposed to be my best friend. You are supposed to be the one person in Beginnings I can count on.”
    “ I am!”
    “ That’s bullshit, Henry. You killed me the worst. You know that? You have a child with Ellen, you sneak off and marry her and then, then I asked you, I asked you to be honest with me. I asked you to tell me if you stood behind Ellen and I. I asked if you supported us being together. YOU said yes. You said you would make sure of it and the whole time you lied!”
    “ What are you talking about, Frank?”
    “ Don’t!” Frank held his hand out pointing. “Knock it off! Answer me honestly, Henry. Do you have an understanding with Dean?”
    Henry waited before answering , “It’s not an understanding.”
    “ Really.”
    “ No, it’s not. It’s not supposed to be a understanding.”
    “ Then you tell me why I had to walk in his house and see both of them half naked. Why?”
    “ He ... he needs her, Frank.” Again, Henry wiped the blood that poured down his face.
    “ So, it’s true. You married Ellen so they could be together. The whole you and me working together thing is bullshit. You did it so she could be with Dean.”
    “ He needs her. It was temporary. That’s why I didn’t say anything to you.”
    “ Temporary? He needs her?” Frank’s words held so much of an angry edge. “So you loan her out because he needs her? She’s not a fuckin lawn mower, Henry. She’s a person. You don’t loan her out until the next person needs to borrow her. You married her like a pimp. She’s not a