Chapter 5

“We’re just fooling around. It’s not like I’m going anywhere. He’s only twenty-six, for Heaven’s sake.”

“Twenty-six!”

“Go on, girl,” Thumper chimed in.

“Come on, Fox,” Schatzie chided. “How long have you guys been together?”

“Almost nineteen years.”

Thumper looked shocked. “What, since pre-school?”

“Aren’t you sweet. You got any eights?”

“Schiesse.” he muttered, handing me two.

Schatzie went on, “Like you two have never fooled around.”

“We don’t!” I insisted. “We’re totally monogamous. We’re very explicit about that.”

They both raised skeptical eyebrows at me, which always annoyed me. “What? Because we’re gay we can’t possibly be monogamous? Like we can’t help ourselves? Like on layovers the temptation is just too great? In case you haven’t noticed,” I teased, “these World Wind flight attendants aren’t what they used to be. I think I can control myself.”