"Why do they want to take the pip from you?" He could work it out, based off who he was and all but they let him get this far with the kid, all to take it back? How the hell did they do that? Seemed cruel. Holden never should have had the kid to begin with, just wasn't fair to tease a fag with a real life.

He used his foot to push a chair out for Holden and then set his sandwich aside. Yes, he paused eating for this.

Since he had a heart attack, the only person he could talk to was Holden and he was always a good lad. He was nice, even tempered and wasn't afraid to tell him off. And his kid was cute too, even if he thought Tally was a scary yeti man. "You were playing house and now you ain't - what changed?"