He was to engrossed in the game to even acknowledge Josh as he entered the room so Josh just sat down on the sofa quietly and sniffed the aroma of fragrant cigar smoke as his stepdad puffed away on his favourite indulgence. Joshua arrived home from work to find his stepdad still in his work suit sank in the chair watching soccer on the box, his tie pulled loose and the top two buttons undone exposing a tuft of dark curly hair. Revision 1 with corrections to merged words.