Short Story: The Shadow Of Yesterday's Triumph

He was in town for the rugby, mostly. But it was a rare visit where it was just him. Not mum. Down for the weekend - and my partner was away, so it was just me and him. I was in a small apartment at the time, one bedroom and so we had a late-night-laugh as we took turns blowing the airbed up; the vacuum could only suck, not blow. And after a few wines w…