“Ben!” Ben looked at the phone, that didn’t sound like his father at all “Ben, how are you??”
“I’m fine daddy”
“excellent! And how is Mathew?”
“he’s fine too”
“Wonderful! And how is the acting?”
Ben looked at the phone suspiciously. His father never asked him about acting. He knew his father disapproved of his acting career “waste of an oxford education Benjamin” and the fact he did comedy acting made him apoplectic “couldn’t you at least have been a classical actor – Shakespeare, Ibsen that sort of thing? Instead of falling over and pulling silly faces?”
“um yes that’s going well”
“I’m so pleased” and he did sound pleased too, not like he was pretending, this was all very strange thought Ben
“Ben?” his father sounded more unsure now
“Yes?”
“you know Ben I am very proud of you. Making people laugh is a good thing. World would be a better place if people laughed rather than you know started wars or fights”
Right this was beyond strange thought Ben
“um thank you daddy”
“i er, I er love you Ben”
Now he was hearing things thought Ben. His father never said things like that. He was the original buttoned up unemotional upper class Englishman
“Ben?? did you hear what I said?”
“I love you too Dad”
He could hear his father smiling down the phone “now would you like to speak to Jim?”
“yes please”
“i’ll go and get him”
Ben heard his father’s footsteps and then voices and then
“Ben??”
“jim! How are you?”
Jim laughed, a proper normal Jimothy laugh, “i’m fine”
Ben leant against the doorframe “fine as in...better??”
Jim laughed again “fine as in the hugs are back to normal. Your mum is a very unique woman and your dad was brilliant. seriously, you're so lucky"
"what happened?"
"well I'll tell you more later but long story short I turned Martha into a nympho.."
"you did WHAT??" Ben choked at the thought "yeh Simon and I had to hide in the bathroom"
"and then your parents turned up while we were trying to subdue her and thought we were attacking her until she tried to jump your dad. THEN your mother told me about a woman in her village and well let's just say I'm not the only one. She convinced your dad to help, he knocked me out and then when I came round I was better"
"oh but how do you know, have you tested them?"
"yes, your dad insisted"
Ah, a lightbulb went off in Ben’s brain
“did you test them on my father by any chance?”
“yes I did, he volunteered - I don't think he really believes in them anyway”
Mat appeared signalling to Ben
“Hang on Jim” he said “Mat’s here with some news on Larry”
“Larry’s not any better” said Mat “he still thinks he’s divine and we’re still heretics"
“buggering fuck!, Jim you need to get back here before Larry does anything really mad”
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“Ben!” Ben looked at the phone, that didn’t sound like his father at all “Ben, how are you??”
“I’m fine daddy”
“excellent! And how is Mathew?”
“he’s fine too”
“Wonderful! And how is the acting?”
Ben looked at the phone suspiciously. His father never asked him about acting. He knew his father disapproved of his acting career “waste of an oxford education Benjamin” and the fact he did comedy acting made him apoplectic “couldn’t you at least have been a classical actor – Shakespeare, Ibsen that sort of thing? Instead of falling over and pulling silly faces?”
“um yes that’s going well”
“I’m so pleased” and he did sound pleased too, not like he was pretending, this was all very strange thought Ben
“Ben?” his father sounded more unsure now
“Yes?”
“you know Ben I am very proud of you. Making people laugh is a good thing. World would be a better place if people laughed rather than you know started wars or fights”
Right this was beyond strange thought Ben
“um thank you daddy”
“i er, I er love you Ben”
Now he was hearing things thought Ben. His father never said things like that. He was the original buttoned up unemotional upper class Englishman
“Ben?? did you hear what I said?”
“I love you too Dad”
He could hear his father smiling down the phone “now would you like to speak to Jim?”
“yes please”
“i’ll go and get him”
Ben heard his father’s footsteps and then voices and then
“Ben??”
“jim! How are you?”
Jim laughed, a proper normal Jimothy laugh, “i’m fine”
Ben leant against the doorframe “fine as in...better??”
Jim laughed again “fine as in the hugs are back to normal. Your mum is a very unique woman and your dad was brilliant. seriously, you're so lucky"
"what happened?"
"well I'll tell you more later but long story short I turned Martha into a nympho.."
"you did WHAT??" Ben choked at the thought "yeh Simon and I had to hide in the bathroom"
"and then your parents turned up while we were trying to subdue her and thought we were attacking her until she tried to jump your dad. THEN your mother told me about a woman in her village and well let's just say I'm not the only one. She convinced your dad to help, he knocked me out and then when I came round I was better"
"oh but how do you know, have you tested them?"
"yes, your dad insisted"
Ah, a lightbulb went off in Ben’s brain
“did you test them on my father by any chance?”
“yes I did, he volunteered - I don't think he really believes in them anyway”
Mat appeared signalling to Ben
“Hang on Jim” he said “Mat’s here with some news on Larry”
“Larry’s not any better” said Mat “he still thinks he’s divine and we’re still heretics"
“buggering fuck!, Jim you need to get back here before Larry does anything really mad”
“I’m leaving now” said Jim and put the phone down