For more than a year, Reggie Mitchell has been sitting at the end of the bar in the Sunset Club waiting for Mark Randall to see him as something other than a customer. He's been in love with Mark for close to two years, but Mark only sees him as a rich college kid trying to go slumming with a bartender. Then Mark gets in trouble helping Reggie's friend Bobby.<br><br>Now a violent ex-lover is threatening Mark. Reggie offers Mark the safe haven of his basement apartment. Can Reggie convince Mark that his safe haven is his arms instead?

Waiting for Mark

“What did Jack do?” Mark sounded like he cared about what happened to Jack, that made Reggie feel good.


“Jack was devastated that Beau thought so little of him to think he would help him cheat on his wife. He hasn’t looked at anyone else since.” Reggie shrugged his shoulders.


“It takes time,” Mark said. He patted Reggie on the back. “I’m ready. Let’s go before the stores get too crowded.”  3


Reggie helped Mark carry the groceries into his apartment. Mark needed everything. He bought all the necessary cleaning products, coffee and only at Reggie’s insistence, breakfast food and rye bread with cold cuts, potato salad and coleslaw for lunch.


“You have to eat something besides dinner. How are you going to grow up to be a big, strong man if you don’t eat?” Reggie got punched in the arm.


“This is as big as I’m getting. I may be small, but I’m feisty. I can punch an arm with the rest of you guys.” Mark punched Reggie again.


Chapter 11