Chapter 52

“No. If he needs anything he can text me. It’s just not normal for Tiny to be so down, and withdrawn.”

“It could be nothing,” Erwin said.

Or it could be something.

As Erwin drove through Manila mid-day traffic, Jojo turned his thoughts to what Tiny had said in the apartment. Was he constantly forcing Adam into the closet about the two of them? Adam had never complained about the rules. If Adam thought they were stupid, he never said anything, or did anything that resembled a gripe, or question.

“Erwin, let me ask you a question and answer best you can. I’ll pose it to you as a hypothetical.”

“Okay,” he answered.

“Say you wanted to date Janeth, and you couldn’t be seen out in public. You had a bunch of things that you had to follow so that no one knew, would you go through it, you know date her?”

“Of course,” Erwin said. “When you have strong feelings for someone, when you are seeing someone you love, you’ll abide by a lot of rules.”