The Man Club. It’s the electric place where gay gents pick up one-night stands, hot male dancers work for big tips, and fresh bachelorettes have their steamy, pre-marital parties. Running The Man Club is a crazy job for middle-aged Gyles Beare. Between hiring and firing dancers, keeping wait staff in line, and paying the bills, Gyles tries to have a love life, but it isn’t easy. Not at all. Enter Car Tate. Car lives with Gyles, and has been a solid tenant for the last few months. Handsome. Charming. A good head on his shoulders. Car sometimes works at the club to help Gyles out. He always has Gyles’s back. Lately, though, Car’s been over-the-top nice to Gyles. The sweet and romantic things Car’s been doing for Gyes are oddly pleasant. What’s going on? Is Car in love with Gyles? Is it time for Gyles to confront his hidden feelings and land the man of his dreams?

The Man Club

Jane lifts the martini, takes a sip, and says, “They do make the best cocktails here. It’s so nice to be spoiled in life.” She dabs one tight corner of her mouth with a napkin and continues, “Tucker is lost. He’s not himself these days. I see the hopelessness in his eyes, the hardship. He needs to be with men of his nature. He claims to be out of place at Temple, which takes away from his studies and is causing a severe drop in his grades. At this conjecture in his life, he’s socially behind, or so he tells me. He has no gay friends at Temple, feels out of place, at the wrong college…and I’m rambling, which is uncommon for me. Let me get to my point, young man.”


She reaches inside her purse and retrieves a standard-size envelope. Jane places the envelope on the table and slides it in my direction.


Chapter 8