Chapter 221 – Backstory

• Kent laughs a little at my impudent question. “No,” he says. “I didn’t know Jerome was gay – I had no idea. Honestly, Fay, I thought he was into you. I’d heard him talk about girls before – just locker room kind of things with the other guys in the alley - which could very well be a defense mechanism in this kind of work, but,” he sighs, “when Ivan casually dropped that Daniel and Jerome were together?” He shakes his head, still baffled. “It was a shock.”
• “Kent,” I say quietly and then I lift myself up, turning and slinging one leg over his lap so that I’m straddling him and able to look him in the face, looping my hands casually around his neck. Kent rests his hands on my hips, looking at me seriously. “Is it possible…” I hesitate now, still putting together my thoughts.
• “What, Fay?” he asks, encouraging.