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“Have you eaten, who called me yesterday?” he spoke first, ushering me into his room.

“Murphy”, I replied instantly, settling into the old, weathered armchair.

Eric only looked at me quizzingly.

“He said I hadn’t handled the job well, and grandpa would be very ashamed of me,” he lowered his head and sighed heavily. “He said you would have done much better than me.”

“I know, Sabrina already told me,” I declared, getting up from the chair. I walked to the window with a shuffling gait, and lit a cigarette.

Suddenly, Eric raised his head in horror, his eyes widening as he stared at me, clearly now beginning to recall the details of yesterday’s conversation with his sister.

“Damn! I didn’t…”

“No,” I interrupted, “but you have said enough to make her come to me for clarification. For which I want, at the very least, to knock you out.”

“Oh… bad times,” my sobering friend muttered guiltily, staring at me, awaiting my angry response.

“Yes, and I had to tell her about Flippy’s murder.”

“Oh! That's some shit… She definitely didn’t need to know that! But… Okay, what now?”

“I met with Mom today. They decided that now I’ll be doing ‘surveillance.’ ”

Eric glanced sidelong at me and chuckled loudly. Then he flopped heavily onto the bed and covered his face with his palms.

“I let everyone down,” he moaned after a moment.

“Not everyone. At least, not yet. Stop boozing. The sooner, the better. Otherwise, you'll lose not only your job but also your family. Sabrina is desperate. You've driven her to it,” I said, closely observing Eric's changing expression.

“I noticed she’s been acting strangely lately. But I don’t think it’s because of me.

She often looks somewhere, as if at someone… And I also feel that we’re not alone here,” he fell silent.

A hangover is not the best time for a serious conversation. And I genuinely pitied him. Deep down. Somewhere very deep. At the very bottom. Although, what am I talking about? My soul is bottomless…

“Eric, let’s try to find a compromise? We both know I won’t be able to keep an eye on her outside of university.”