Finding-Mr-Wright by Diana Sheridan

Author:Diana Sheridan [OWNER]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

As if he didn’t have enough on his mind, after the evening spent sharing his beloved Evan with Earl, there were more problems in store for Seth. The Internet radio station wasn’t doing well. The new sales rep wasn’t signing up many new advertisers, and old ones were taking their commercials elsewhere. At first, the owner of the station tried to stanch the loss of money by laying off one engineer, firing the new sales rep, and demoting Seth back to his old position in sales. Seth was miserable.

He was almost relieved—even while, at the same time, profoundly upset—when the other shoe fell. Between rough economic times and a general belief among the Surfspray community merchants that the station wasn’t worth advertising on, didn’t bring results, Seth wasn’t able to pull in much advertising either. Reluctantly, the station let him go.

Though disappointed at losing the income, and his previous job that combined writing with being on the air, he was grateful not to have to do sales anymore. Seth looked around dispiritedly for another job, but times were tough, money was tight, and jobs were scarcer than icebergs at the equator.

After three weeks of looking for a job to no avail, and at the same time fending off Evan’s suggestions that they look for another man to join them in a threesome since “Earl was so much fun” (Not! thought Seth, bitterly), Seth began to question everything—his relationship with Evan, whether he belonged in Surfspray. He was so depressed, at one point he even questioned whether he was really gay. If he was this miserable, maybe Evan was the wrong man for him—or possibly even the wrong gender. In his depression, confusion reigned.

He hadn’t seen his parents in many months anyhow, and his mother kept calling and e-mailing, asking him to at least come home for a visit if not to move back. She knew he’d lost his job and pointed out to him every semisuitable position available in the vicinity of his hometown. He decided to at least return for a visit.

Evan, who certainly was aware that Seth was upset and confused, refrained from pushing the point and asking to go to Idaho with Seth—for which Seth was grateful. He was in no state of mind to endure the confrontation that seemed likely to ensue. Evan merely said, “I’ll keep the bed warm for you, babe. Don’t stay away too long.”

Evan drove him to the airport, where they kissed good-bye passionately at the security checkpoint, raising more than a couple of eyebrows. Seth almost hoped he would be stopped by the officials and prevented for some reason from getting onboard, but he sailed through the scan and found himself at the gate, where he waited for his flight to be announced and then boarded with a heavy heart.

If he wasn’t sure he belonged in Surfspray, he soon was reminded of just how much he did not fit in in small-town Idaho, either. His mother greeted him effusively—too effusively—throwing her arms around him, hugging him tightly, and sniffling over his return.

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