“I guess that’s true.” Joe waited for Brody to say more.
“You and I are about the same age, I think.”
Yeah, so? Joe wondered.
“Oh, f**k, Joe. Here’s the thing. You’re a good guy. Dave likes you. The crew guys all like you. And, well, um…”
Joe grabbed an onion ring and took a bite of it. Then he finished it in a second bite. “Okay, Brody, why don’t you just tell me whatever it is?”
Brody smiled, and at that minute Joe was glad he was sitting down. The former Marine across the table was almost paralyzingly sexy, though one part of Joe wasn’t paralyzed, as its sudden movement indicated. He thought wistfully about the three-way, but he was summoned back to reality when Brody said, “I hear you spent some time with Bernie Caldwell Sunday.”
“How did you know that?”
“Everybody on campus kno
