Chapter 10: The Honeymoon
Andy and I were lying on the beach under a big umbrella. We had taken Mike up on his offer that we use the condo for our—I wasn’t sure what I would call this time together. First, we had been together for almost five years. Second, and probably a holdover from the early training in my life regarding gay relationships, it just didn’t feel right calling it a “honeymoon.” Whatever we called it, it was good to have this time away from the regular routine.
“Hi,” someone said. I thought I recognized him as one of the guys Mike and John had invited to the wedding. His next words confirmed it: “Your wedding was awesome. Wish I could find someone to settle down with.”
We invited him to join us and he introduced himself as Derrick. As he talked about his life here in P-
