He drew deeply on a cigarette and tossed it to the kerb in front of him... pondered for a moment, his eyes weary. He had thought long and hard about tonight. his Head lifted a few degrees but not looking at the girl directly behind him. He said in a lowered quiet voice "so how long have you been doing this then?" "about three months" she replied in a mere whisper shifting one foot backwards and forwards slowly among the leaves in the doorway. Leo wasnt much of a talker but he found himself at ease with her even if at first the conversation was stilted.Leo the family man, happily married to katie for nearly 20 yrs and had never strayed once...he had prided himself on that, yet here he was in the seediest part of town and the time was approaching three in the morning.To top it all...he was talking to a prostitute. A successful business man, married, with three children talking to a prostitute!. Recent developments within his company had meant he hadnt a lot of time for his family, and the cracks were starting to show. Only in the last couple of weeks could he see how his family was falling apart at the seams. An awkward silence hung in the air, leo looked towards the prostitute, their eyes meeting, then fixing into a momentary glare. He sighed, and in his head tried to make sense of the situation he had found himself in, he couldn't fathom it out, he wondered ...... why? He made his way over to the car and reached into the back seat for a jacket, made his way over to the prostitute and placed it over her shoulders. "Come on love, come home, me and your mum have been sick with worry"