I knew immediately who the text was from and calculated the individual must now be around 37 years old.
When I called him later that day, it transpired that I was bang on. We had known each other for 24 years - Nathan had first shown up at the youth club at the age of 13. We had always had a good relationship (better than the one I had with his brother, I noted on the phone) and, over the years, he had been an active participant in the club, on trips away, as well as calling on me quite frequently for personal advice and guidance, though he certainly never called it that.
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