Chapter 89

“No, Jimmy, sorry. Anything erotic would get pulled. But I’m hoping, if the right people review it, the game might get a bit of a gay following.”

Barry went on to say that people could make in-app purchases that would allow them to put different clothes on the game characters.

“Cool,” Jake said, finding that option in the game’s settings. “But my guy will stick to wearing red.”

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Christmas dinner was a rowdy affair, the men joshing with each other and generally getting into the holiday spirit.

Liam and Jake had spent some time trying to coax the old furnace into firing, but it had stubbornly refused to cooperate. Because of the lack of heat, the dining table had been moved into the kitchen. It was a tight fit, but somehow Barry felt it was more homey. They were a family, maybe not one set in the traditional mold, but a family nonetheless. Liam was the father figure, and the rest his sons. Barry refused to cast himself as a daughter or worse yet, a wife.