Chapter 40

“There are just too many odd happenstances to ignore.”

“Which one could say about life in general would they really pay attention.” Vaughn took a labored breath. He seemed rather exhausted with the whole thing. “If you need a creative outlet for this noise in your head, write a story like those I should have discouraged you from reading long ago. You are being absurd, Franklin. Shall I remind you once again you said yourself he looks nothing like the man you allege I made him from.”

“I also said—”

“And I also answered.” Vaughn literally put his foot down, punctuating the proclamation. “Enough about the penis! I will not go so far as to say they all look alike. Still, most do not look so completely different, either.”

“It doesn’t look like mine,” Frank said.

“You have an unrealistic view of every part of you, Franklin. You shun even my affection, because of your scars, those on your flesh and also inside your soul.”