Mulligans by Charlie David

Author:Charlie David [David, Charlie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63477-174-0
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2016-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

A WEEK had passed since the barbecue, and Chase had still not spoken with Jarod. He’d left several messages. The first had started out with apologies and an invite to get together again. On the next he went for the buddy approach and made, in retrospect, some pretty lame jokes. He paced inside the guest cottage holding his cell phone in his hand, staring at it, willing it to ring. His hurt had moved to disappointment over the summer he had hoped to experience with Jarod. And now that disappointment was transitioning into anger. Why had he apologized in the first place? He had nothing to be sorry for; he was just being himself, being true. Jarod was the one who had betrayed him and left him for dead on the roadside, metaphorically speaking. Chase paced more quickly around the room, balling one hand into a fist as the other dialed Jarod’s number.

No surprise, it went to his voice mail. “Jarod, it’s Chase. You know what? You’re a coward. I’m not going to feel bad about what happened anymore. And by the way, I’m taking back my apology. I’m not sorry—you should be apologizing to me. This isn’t about being gay or straight or whatever the hell you want to call yourself. This is about being a man, and being a man means protecting the people that you love, and you obviously aren’t capable of that so it’s not like I’d want to be with you anyway. Not that you were in love with me because you definitely… this is stupid. Have a good summer. I won’t be calling again.”

Chase hung up and sat on his bed. He didn’t feel any better. He’d thought maybe the call would get out his anger so he could move on. Unfortunately he still felt dumped and it sucked.

He lay back on the bed and crossed his arms behind his head, looking at the ceiling. Tyler had been spending more and more time with Bre lately, which meant their time together had been relegated to working hours at the golf course and sleeping, but that didn’t count. Chase had become quite accustomed to hugging a pillow and taking solace in its feathery embrace.

It all seemed to circle back to the question of what he was doing here. He’d come to make some cash working on the golf course and to hang out with his best friend. He was banking some cash that would surely come in useful during the new school year, but beyond that he couldn’t say he was having fun anymore. It had all gotten a little messy since his coming out. And the strangest element was the fact that he was feeling closer to Tyler’s father lately than to Tyler. They had an easy camaraderie. Nathan made him laugh, and he felt good when they were together. It was surprisingly easy actually, and comforting, like Nathan was filling a part of Chase he hadn’t known was empty.

He wanted to feel again, like on the bonfire night in the woods or in the back of the truck under the stars with Jarod.

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