Dinner at the Blue Moon Cafe by Rick R. Reed

Author:Rick R. Reed [Reed, Rick R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63533-292-6
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2017-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

THAD OPENED his door to find Jared on his love seat with Edith curled up beside him, as if she didn’t even notice Thad had left. Thad stared at the back of Jared’s blond head, at the TV on in front of him, playing an episode of Top Chef, at a bowl of freshly popped corn on the coffee table and a glass of Coke sitting next to it.

The scene was so homey and domestic that Thad wondered if he had stepped into the wrong apartment, if indeed he had stepped into the wrong life. It suddenly seemed as though his life were an episode of Twilight Zone with the premise that he had never existed at all, and that a young blond man named Jared lived in his studio, owned his dog, slept in his bed…. And Jared had never heard of Thad.

But then Jared must have heard him come in, because he turned and smiled at Thad. “The show’s just starting. I can pause it while you get comfy. There’s enough popcorn here for two. That is if you’re not too full of all that eye-talian crap. I just took Edith out, so you can relax.”

Thad stood still at the door, not sure how he felt about Jared making himself so at home. On one hand it was comforting to come in after an awkward and confusing night with someone you thought you loved and find another someone waiting for you. Jared was simple and uncomplicated. He made Thad laugh. He was close to his own age, and in spite of Thad’s passionate entanglement with Sam, Jared was sexy as hell. There was a kind of warmth to having Jared here, almost as if they were a couple who had lived together for a long time.

On the other hand Thad wondered, as he grabbed some sweats and a flannel shirt from his dresser and headed into the bathroom to discreetly change, if he wouldn’t have just preferred to have come back and found the apartment empty. Part of him simply wanted the time alone to be depressed, to be angry, to sulk, to lick at his wounds. That part wanted solitary time to think about Sam, to decide if his fears were irrational and if he needed to rudely push them aside so his romance with this hot man could continue onward, unabated.

Part of him wanted Edith to himself! Jared had his own dogs, anyway. And who the hell was looking after them at the moment?

But there was little he could do right now but accept the fact that Jared had made the decision to stay, even though Thad had assumed he would have gone back to his own place while Thad was having dinner with Sam. He understood. Jared was probably still afraid of being alone. Who wouldn’t be? And Thad knew he should have the selfless heart to welcome his friend into his home, even if it was for another night, or even a few days, so he could calm down and let the horrific memories fade a bit before he faced time alone.

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