What's in a Name? by Pat Henshaw

Author:Pat Henshaw [Henshaw, Pat]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi

I WAS talking to Felicity in the back room when Guy strolled in wearing a three-piece suit and looking debonair. I’d already described the tables and chairs I’d seen at the warehouse and was reassuring her I didn’t mind her harassing Alex to get her money back, when Felicity got this look of lustful longing on her face.

“Are you sure he’s gay, Jimmy?” she asked.

I nodded. I’d always thought Guy was good-looking, but here he was stunning.

Before I could stand up to meet him, Bobby charged into the back room.

“He says he knows you, Mr. Patterson,” Bobby gasped. “Then he just walked back here.”

“It’s okay, Bobby,” Felicity said.

Bobby looked from me to Guy and back again. He stared at me and seemed to deflate.

“Oh, I didn’t know you were….” Bobby looked like he was about to burst into tears.

Felicity glanced at me and shook her head as I was getting up to go over to Bobby.

“I’ll take care of this,” she told me softly. “You two just go on and have a good time.”

I was confused. What was going on with Bobby? What was I missing?

I stood and put on my jacket.

I stopped, ready to go back to where Felicity was speaking softly to Bobby.

Guy put his arm around my shoulders and pushed me a little to get me moving toward the door.

“I’ll explain it in the car,” he said, his arms coming off my shoulders as we walked into the customer area of Penny’s.

When we were both in the car with our seatbelts buckled, I turned to him.

“What was going on in there?”

“It was high school all over again,” he said, rubbing his face with his hands. “I came in and asked where you were. The kid, Bobby, took one look at me and asked who I was. I said I was your boyfriend.”

He looked over at me as if asking if it was okay with me. My heart had stopped, it was so okay with me. Guy told one of my employees he was my boyfriend. Wow. Just oh my God, wow.

I guess I nodded to him, but I’m not sure. I was still wondering if I was hallucinating. It was dark outside. I could be imagining things.

“Jimmy?” Guy asked, his tone saying he was unsure, uneasy even. “Is it okay?”

I nodded because I still couldn’t speak.

“Jimmy, I think Bobby has a crush on you. He looked stunned at first, then happy, then mad as hell.”

“Meaning?”

“I think he suspected you were gay, which I confirmed, then he was happy you were, and then pissed because me instead of him was with you.” Guy looked at me and took a deep breath. “I think he was hoping he had a chance with you.”

“But he’s in high school. I’d never….” My eyes swiveled to his. “You told him you were my boyfriend?”

He nodded, the look in his eyes wary. “Yeah….” It was nearly a question.

“It’s the best news I’ve had all day.” We were out. Boyfriends in public. Take that, world.

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