Chapter 50

“Well, well, what have we here?”

Ted turned and felt the color drain from his face. Chris was walking toward them with an older john with whom Ted had been on datesseveral times.

“Ted, I think you know my friendAndy. But I’m sorry, we don’t know your friend’sname. He is a friend of yours, right?” Chris said, using the code for a john.

Kenny innocently rose from his chair, smiled, and extended his hand. “Hi, I’m Kenny. A little more than a friend. Actually, I’m Ted’s boyfriend.” He looked at Ted, beaming with happy pride.

“Really? Ted’s boyfriend?” Chris shook Kenny’s hand and looked down at Ted. “I didn’t know you had a boyfriend. How very…interesting,” Chris said, looking like a cat who’d cornered a mouse.

Ted sat as if turned to stone.

“Are you friends of Ted’s?” Kenny continued, naively looking from Chris to Andy.