When Tim came into work he was surprised to find that it was completely silent.
Frowning, he looked around and saw that Gareth was not at his desk.
"What the..?"
That was when he saw what was on Gareth's desk and he realized why he wasn't there working his heart out.
There was a bottle on his desk.
A baby bottle.
With his nostrils flaring, Tim stormed over and he snatched up the bottle and walked over to Dawn; knowing that she would tell the truth.
"Who did this to him?" he asked, trying his best to control his anger. "His mum died! The man has every right to cry over that! His mum died from breast cancer for God's sake!"
Dawn looked at him sadly and she looked around for a moment before leaning forward to whisper into his ear.
"It was that fecking bastard Chris Finch." She said softly. "Gareth had asked him the price of something when he suddenly put the bottle on his desk and asked if he wanted to have a suck on that or…"
She looked away then, a disgusted look passing her face.
Tim's anger flared up again and he narrowed his eyes.
"Or?" he prompted.
"Or his pecker."
Tim swore loudly and he suddenly turned and kicked a hole into one of the walls.
"And I suppose everyone laughed?" he asked, placing his hands on his hips.
"You know I wouldn't laugh about something like that. I heard Gareth say that his mum was dead." Dawn defended.
"What happened then?"
"I told David what happened."
Tim swore once more.
"What did that stupid git do?"
"He told Finch that he would have also given Gareth a bib and some baby food to go with the bottle."
Tim held the bottle so tightly that it broke.
"Where's Gareth now?" he asked softly, taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly.
"He's in the loo." Dawn said. "He even printed out a sign to tape onto it."
"Thanks. Tell that feck David that I quit." He added. "And that he had better hope I don't talk Gareth into not only quitting, but also suing his stupid fat arse!"
"Got it." Dawn nodded.
Tim nodded and with a determined look on his face, he headed for the water closet to try and comfort Gareth.