With a slight smile, Micah said, “I was about to. If you’ll be patient.”
Joe clasped his hands behind his head, leaned back, and said, “I’m known for my patience.”
“Most of the time, yeah. But not tonight. Though I admit I’ve been a little, uh, unfocused in my behavior, which might have seemed strange.”
“You could say that.”
“We talked at your house the other night about how word gets around.”
“Uh huh.” Joe wondered what Micah could have heard that would have him so nervous.
“Well, the word is that you’ve sworn off s*x because of me.”
“Jesus!”
“So it’s not true?”
“Well, not exactly. Er, yes, I guess it is, sort of.”
Micah had been picking at his thumbnail, something Joe had never seen him do before. “I don’t want to be bitchy, Joe, but I haven’t a clue what you just said. Or what
