“Why would you do that for me?”
“Because you’re my namesake, because you’re gay, and because you’re the only member of my family, other than your mother, that I really care about.”
Charles said, “He means it, you know. And I’m with him all the way. You’ll always be welcome in this house, and Philip and I have more money than we know what to do with. It will be our pleasure to see you through college.”
“Promise me one thing,” I said.
“What’s that?” Steve said.
“If you do start having s*x, always play it safe. Do you understand how AIDS is transmitted?”
“Not really,” he said.
“Most AIDS victims get the virus from unprotected anal s*x, that is, from not using condoms. Of course drug users get it from infected blood by sharing needles, but we’re speaking solely of s*x here. Oral s*x is
