In high school, Brad had a beautiful thick head of light brown hair. Now he was completely bald with a shiny dome.
As Dave followed Brad though the lobby to the bar, he observed some other changes in Brad. He was thicker than Dave remembered, filling his Italian cut suit almost to capacity. Seated in the booth, he unbuttoned his suit coat freeing an expanse of white shirt front.
Soon the old buddies were catching up. Brad was an image consultant for top restaurants and was in town working with a client to develop a new restaurant. He had been meeting all day with his client with hardly anything to eat. Now he was hungry.
"Why don't you join me for dinner. There's a new restaurant that's supposed to be fantastic. It will be on my expense account because I need to keep up with all the new restaurants and I sure would like the chance to catch up."
Dave muttered something about having to work tomorrow and not being dressed well enough for dinner but Brad was insistent.
"I'm flying back tomorrow so this is our last chance. Besides, this restaurant is casual. You wait right here while I go upstairs and change."
Dave finished his beer and soon Brad was back, dressed in chinos and a polo which fit tightly around a belly sagging over his belt. He didn't seem self-conscious at all, even next to the tight muscled Dave. He was even patting it contentedly as they waited for Brad's car to be brought up.
"I'm starving," Brad announced when the car finally arrived. "And I'm really looking forward to checking out this restaurant. It's supposed to be superb. You are going to love it."
The friends exchanged small talk during the drive then Brad announced, "There is is," and drove up to
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