Chapter 16

Gary went into the kitchen and cleaned up after dinner. The dishwasher was brand new, so he ran it through one cycle on empty, while he went into what would become the playroom.

Could I live as simply as this in a small house, maybe working as a high school history teacher and coaching the baseball team? There are gay teachers. No, Danny deserves the best and I’m going to see he gets it. Come Monday morning I’m going to have Bear put out feelers to find a new agent and a new lawyer.

He looked down and found he’d finished assembling both items without remembering how he’d done it. He’d been so lost in thought. Well, they had to be okay. They looked right and there were no left over pieces. He tested the strength of the cross and lay over the bench. They held.

He hadn’t let himself go enough to daydream for years. He had to be always vigilant so no one would discover his secret. He’d bent his own rule six months ago by joining the club.