Sex with the Devil by Noah Harris

Author:Noah Harris [Harris, Noah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-01T23:00:00+00:00

The next day was the funeral. The dawn was sunny and warm, perfect farming weather, Richard mused. Granddad always loved days like that. Everyone put on their best clothes. Relatives from other towns and outlying farms began to gather at his family’s house.

Richard got Tyrone out of the way first thing in the morning. He dropped his boyfriend off at what passed for downtown in Chillicothe. Tyrone looked worried.

“You’ll be all right during the daytime,” Richard assured him. “Everyone shops and hangs out here.”

“And by everyone you mean it ain’t segregated. That’s cool. If I can survive dinner with your dad I guess I can survive this. The brothers back in the Bronx ain’t never gonna believe it when I tell them about my little vacation.”

“I’ll meet you in front of the movie theater at five. You can make long distance calls from the drugstore. Why don’t you check on Adam and Steve?”

“I’ll do that, Country, and hey, sorry once again about your granddaddy.”

Richard almost forgot himself. He moved forward and reached out an arm to embrace his lover, and pulled back at the last second. He shot nervous glances up and down the street. No one had seen them. At least he didn’t think so.

The funeral didn’t hit Richard as hard as he thought it would. The local Baptist preacher gave a short sermon, and several people spoke a few words. Richard didn’t have the heart to do so himself. What could he say, that this kind old man had encouraged him to leave town, not knowing that he was going to become a gay model? He knew what his grandpa had meant to him even if grandpa never knew himself.

Despite the bitterness of knowing he had to keep silent, the sight of so many family and friends gathered together filled his heart. His grandfather had been a well-loved man, a pillar of the community for years. He had lived a full life and made quite an impression on this little town. The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune even published an article about him with some old photos they had gotten from somewhere. Granddad coming back from World War Two. Granddad when he became president of the local VFW chapter. Granddad when he won a prize for best wheat bushel at the county fair. Granddad when he donated $1,000 to the public library a couple of years ago.

Richard hadn’t known about that last one. The article said that he had refused an interview at the time, wishing to remain anonymous.

As Richard drove Granddad’s truck downtown to pick up Tyrone that afternoon, he was halfway between smiles and tears.

Live your life the way you want and to hell with everyone else. As long as you live decent, it ain’t nobody’s business what you do. That’s what Granddad always said.

Would he have been proud of him if he knew what Richard had been up to in New York? Sure, Richard was living his life the way he wanted to, but what about the “decent” part? Granddad had been a traditional man.

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