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

“Yeah, oh. You’re willing to throw everything we have away because of this nut case? I’m not letting you go. None of this is on you. You warned me what he was like before I took you home. I went into this with my eyes open. I love you. I want to protect you. I repeat, you’re not going anywhere. Bobby’s going out and getting some of our clothes and taking them to a dry cleaner that specializes in removing smoke odors, so we’ll have something to wear. Jack, as a representative of the Ocean Township Police Department, you and I are going to have a small press conference today at four. At that time, we’re going to tell Billy where we are and issue a challenge to come and get us,” Reggie said in a firm, no-nonsense voice.


“No, you can’t do that. That would infuriate him. We’d have Molotov cocktails through the windows. I can’t take the chance that he’ll burn down Bobby and Keith’s house too.” Mark wrung his hands.


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