Chapter 12

Slowly he tucks

himself back into his jeans, then washes his hands—smells his own

sex musk on them and washes themagain.He leaves the container on

the side of the sink like the nurse said and flicks off the light.

The vent dies around him and in the darkness, he lets himself think

of Wesley copping a feel out in the waiting room. He lets his hand

brush across his crotch, he feels a fresh stirring in his groin at

the thought of another’s hand in place of his own. Then he

remembers the nurse waiting for him.

She’s in the hallway, just as she

said she would be. Jason follows her to an examination room where

she mutters to herself as she takes his blood pressure and

temperature. “It’ll be a few minutes,” she says, scribbling numbers

into his chart. “We’re a tad busy today. Where’s it

hurt?”

Jason wonders if

she even read all of the forms he had to fill out. “Right here,” he

says, pressing the heel of his palm into his groin just like Mr.