Friends and Lovers by Tinnean

Author:Tinnean [Tinnean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay Men, Gay, Fiction, Relations With Heterosexuals, Heterosexuals, Erotica
ISBN: 9781935509073
Publisher: Nazca Plains Corporation
Published: 2009-05-25T04:00:00+00:00

And then it was Saturday, faster than he expected. His kids, dressed in their Sunday best, did him proud. The ceremony went without a hitch, everyone enjoyed the food, and after the reception, while he waited for his new bride to change from her wedding dress into something more comfortable for the drive to Myrtle Beach, he and Tom had a last glass of wine together.

“We’ll be dropping Teddy and Cath at my Daddy’s house, and then we’ll be off to South Carolina. Julie’s always wanted to see Myrtle Beach…”

“Jack.” His best friend put down his glass. “I’ll be going home to Tallahassee soon.”

“Tommy, no.” Jack didn’t like hearing him call somewhere else ‘home.’ Now that their friendship was on the right track again, Tom should be living here in Savannah.

“I’ve got a life there…” Tom gave him a crooked smile. “… my job.” He handed him an envelope.

“You already gave us a wedding gift, buddy.” A sterling silver demitasse set, including tray, spoons, and tiny cups. Julie had been impressed in spite of herself.

“This is just for you.”

Jack opened the envelope. In it was a card and a quarter. He held up the coin, his eyebrow arched in question.

“Use it to call me collect if you ever need to talk.”

Jack frowned and took out the card. It didn’t read ‘Best Wishes,’ as he’d expected. Instead, written in Tom’s neat handwriting were the words, ‘My condolences.’

“Tom?”

“I think it’s a mistake, buddy.”

“This is what I want, Tom.”

“I know.” Tom’s smile was rueful. He looked as if he were going to say more, but he didn’t.

Tom doesn’t like Julie any better than she likes him! It hit Jack like a ton of bricks.

“I’ll see you around, Jack.” He gave him a brief, hard hug, then walked out.

Jack stared after him, bemused. He shook himself out of it and was about to go after him and demand an explanation when Julie appeared at the top of the stairs.

The unmarried females gathered below, giggling and jostling each other for position, waiting for her to toss the bouquet.

“You stand down in front, Cathy,” Julie called.

Cath’s eyes grew wide, and she shook her head, her hair a riot of blonde ringlets. “Please. I don’t want to.”

“Oh, don’t be such a…”

Before Jack could intervene, Teddy took his sister’s hand and led her to him. “Daddy? You remember what happened at Miz Tina’s wedding.”

Jack ruffled Teddy’s hair and stroked Cath’s. Tina, who had lived next door to Jack and Sarah while they’d been growing up, was a friend of his sister’s. She’d seemed happy to be unmarried until she’d realized her biological clock was ticking, and then she’d been desperate to land a man. Her daddy had pulled out all the stops for her wedding, inviting everyone – family, friends, business acquaintances. When Tina was ready to throw the bouquet, a melee ensued, with a number of the women actually injured. Cath had seen it.

He crouched down beside her. “It’s all right, peanut. I’m not ready to lose you to some lucky young man.

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