Chapter 24

Maybe for the night? No, he couldn’t get ahead of himself.

“You look very handsome, by the way,” Kyle said. “God, what I’d give to take you out one night, in a real gay cruising bar, and see the boys lose their fucking minds around you. You’re, like, fresh off the hay, all wide-eyed and blond. They’d eat you alive. And hey, you might even like it.”

Billy remembered he hadn’t bought any wine or beer. Maybe he could ask Xavier to bring something over? Any reason to hear Xavier’s voice and to make sure he wasn’t changing his mind, was good enough to call him.

“You’re not even paying attention to anything I’m saying, are you?” Kyle shook his head and stepped back from the table. “I’m gonna leave you to your daydreaming and pizza.”

“Oh, yes. No, sorry. What?” Billy grabbed the phone’s receiver off the wall. “Thanks. Bye, Kyle. See you soon.”