"I think he's in the middle of a torrid affair with a bloke named Harvey and he knows I know and I do know but I can't be arsed to give him the attention he wants. Still, it's handy. Gets him to bugger off easily." He and Harvey would fuck and Edward would cheat or expose himself and then he'd come back to Jon. It was part of the dance. Jon would be more upset about it and yeah, it hurt but it was business as usual. "You can't keep a guy like Eddie for long but he always comes back."

Jonathan was already smoking but he took one final drag and stubbed it out. He knew Barty didn't smoke and didn't love the smell on his clothes so he tried to be considerate.

"I assume you didn't come to talk about my Ed so what's going on? Is it about the drugs at the club again cause I told my dealers not to and if they've gone and fucking done it again, I'll make sure they're dealt with." Jon didn't ever want to sour his friendship with Barty, it was useful and, admittedly, quite fun."