a log.

“I want to thank you for the lift home,” Rich was saying to the older man, who was seated behind the wheel, beside him in the car. “It was real nice of you to drive me home at this hour.”

“It’s my pleasure. I would do a lot more for you, Rich, if you would only let me,” he said, as he reached over and patted his crotch. “Frank, you know I’m seeing Joseph and that we have this ‘arrangement’,” he said as he gently removed Frank’s hand from his crotch. “Besides it is Joseph’s pants you really want to get into, not mine.”

“That might have been true before I met you, but, not now that I have got to know you,” the insurance man said. “Besides, my offer to take the both of you to bed is still on the table. Believe me, it would really be fun trying to satisfy the both of you young studs, to say nothing of the two of you satisfying me. One of you fucking my ass as I suck the love juice out of the other.”

“Frank Gordan! You dirty old man! You are old enough to be our father,” Rich said. “Now let me get to bed. I have lots to do tomorrow and I need a good nights sleep. What I don’t need, is those thoughts floating through my mind now.”

“How about a nightcap then? Just one for the road and then I’ll leave.”

“Now you know that I wouldn’t let you drive home if you had a few drinks.” Leaning over and kissing his cheek he said, “Be a good boy now, go home and thanks again for the lift. Good night and I’ll give Joseph your regards when I get to see him.”

“Give his ass a big kiss for me. Damn it, another night that I’ll have to play with myself before I fall asleep,” Frank sadly said.

“You are not the only one!” Rich said as he got out of the car, turned and blew one more kiss to Frank as he entered his apartment house lobby. He hated coming home from the theater so late alone and he really was happy when Frank had met him by the stage door after the play. He was such a nice old guy and in spite of the airs he put on at times, he was a real gentleman. They had become friends since he had started coming into Reinzi’s looking for Joseph (Chapters #4 & #6).

Rich was no longer working at Reinzi’s. When Frank had heard about Rich getting a small part in the play, he just showed up one night at the ‘Off-Broadway’ theater to see the play. He now came around on a regular basis. He even had brought a lot of people in to see Rich’s performance. The play had been a success and Rich, even though his part was small, was well on his way to a career in the theater. That, along with the underwear commercials, had enabled him to give up his waiter’s job and to take full time acting classes. Things were looking up. He soon hoped to be able to rent a bigger apartment for Joseph and himself. He would hate to leave the old place; it held dear memories for him. Every time he opened the door he thought about the first time he brought Joseph home that first rainy night.

These thoughts