Chapter 16

The waiter winked at Nolan and left the table.Nolan watched his retreat before his eyes made their way back to the corner booth where the two men were now sharing a dessert.They were laughing as they playfully fed each other bites of gelato.No one in the restaurant was paying them any attention.There were no mean looks,no huffy protests.Two men were enjoying a romantic and playful meal together in public and the world had not stopped spinning.Nolan found himself wondering if being gay was really that big a deal.The men sharing their meal didn’t seem to think so.The waiter seemed pretty cool with flirting with another guy.

Nolan took a long hard appraising look at Ashley as she prattled on about herself while picking at her expensive feast and he came to the conclusion that Ashley was a dreadful person and he hoped he never had to spend another second in her presence.“Will you excuse me please?”

“I guess,but that’s very rude to get up during a meal.Hurry right back.”