Chapter 13

Maggie looked at her wristwatch. “Just over twenty minutes. Did you forget your watch?”

“Needs a new battery. Didn’t have time to buy one this morning ’cause I wanted to get to you.”

That earned him another kiss.

“So you think I did the right thing by taking Milton home with me?”

“Definitely, don’t you?”

JJ shrugged. “I guess.” Although the last image he had of Milton, upset and running away, was hard to get out of his mind. “I think Calvin talking about his own problems at school helped. God, some kids can be total assholes.”

Calvin wasn’t out in high school, but he was still perceived as gay and was picked on all the time. JJ marveled at how well the guy had coped.

“They say some of those who’re the most homophobic are closet cases.”

JJ pulled a face. “I don’t buy that. It’s like saying a racist is secretly black.”