“So if I were offered the job, you think it would be okay to come out to the powers that be?”
“I think you’d have to. As I’m sure you know, the chief of this department is in the spotlight much of the time. Somebody’s bound to find out. If you haven’t told them, it will stir up a furor in the local media, as if you had a guilty secret. If you just tell everyone up front, there may not be any problem.”
“You say may not be. Why?”
“There are no guarantees. Colby’s a fairly sophisticated little city, mostly because of the University and partly because we’re not that far from Toledo, Detroit, and Cleveland. But the homophobes are everywhere, especially in rural Ohio.”
Anders thought about that for a few moments.
“Okay, thanks for your advice. Next question, if I may.”
Ben nodded.
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