Sublime

irruption

“Just don’t make him wait too long, Wils,” she whispers against my ear. “He is heartbroken without you.”

“He’s a sweet guy,” Charlie says quietly. “Anyway, he let the car stuff go and started picking up paperbacks for me every time he stopped by a garage sale, or a new donation box came into Mom’s shop. He has no idea how much erotica he’s given me.”

soothing susurrus of muttered conversations

double date, like a normal couple. She and William could engineer a small, controlled expansion of their secret life. William would be able to talk to his best friend.

He’s the kind of guy you would go to the ends of the Earth with, so I did. Our adventures have included Iceland, New Zealand,