The Many Shades of Love by Smith Jennifer

Author:Smith, Jennifer [Smith, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-09-11T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

New Friends, Old Lovers

“Take me home, then make your phone call. Find out what’s going

on and deal with it. Then, if everything’s cool, call me tomorrow.”

“You know what, if it’s all the same to you,” Jim said, “I think I’d

like you to stay.”

Steve grinned. “Sure, Jim. Whatever you want.”

“Thanks.”

“I’ll sit out on the deck while you call him.”

“You’re terrific, you know that?”

“Yep, and I’m glad you noticed,” Steve said and walked away.

Jim went to his room and sat on the edge of the bed with the

phone in his hands. He stared at it for a long while, then took a deep

breath and blew it out. He dialed the number. It rang only once.

“Hi,” the familiar voice on the other end said.

“Hi.” Jim forced himself to speak, though his voice sounded stiff. “I

got your message.”

“Thank you for calling back. I wasn’t sure you would.”

“It sounded kind of important.”

“It is,” Alan said. “Could we meet? I’d like to talk to you in person.”

“Look, Alan,” Jim said. “I’m seeing someone and…”

“I’m not trying to start anything, Jim. But I really do need to see

you.”

Jim took a deep breath and let it out slowly. His first instinct was

to tell Alan to forget it, but something about Alan’s tone told him to say

yes. “Fine. When and where?”

“Can you meet me in an hour at our place?”

Jim snorted. “No, Alan, not there. Pick another place.”

“How about Freaky’s?”

Jim groaned. “For Pete’s sake, Alan. You know I don’t do the

tranny thing.” He shook his head. Alan, the flamboyant. But what the

hell. “Never mind. If that’s where you want to meet, I’ll see you in an

hour.”

“Thanks,” Alan said softly.

Jim pushed the off button. He put the handset back on the base

then just sat there, staring off into space. His heart pounded and his

throat felt tight. “What am I doing?” He scrubbed his hands over his face.

“Steve! Hey, Steve!”

“You bellowed?” Steve swaggered into the bedroom, a half a piece

of pizza in his hand.

“Suck my dick,” Jim said as he lay back on the bed and shoved his

jeans down to his knees. He needed to connect, to be in the here and

now, and not lost in painful memories of Alan.

“What happened?” Steve stuffed the last bite of pizza in his mouth

and cocked his head.

“Not now, okay? Just suck my dick.”

An hour later, Jim sat in his car in the parking lot of Freaky’s Bar.

He had gone with Alan to see the drag queens and burlesque shows and

while he found them entertaining, he never really got into transvestites.

But Alan loved them and often dressed in drag himself. Taking a deep

breath, Jim stepped out of his car and went inside. It took a moment for

his eyes to adjust to the dim light, but when they did, he spotted Alan at

a corner table waving him over.

“Hi.” Jim walked to the table and pulled out a chair. As he took his

seat he gave Alan the once-over. His former lover appeared much thinner

and didn’t look quite like himself.

“I’m so glad you came,” Alan said.

Other than

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.