Chapter 6
Atlanta, GA
Charles
I AWOKE FRIDAY morning in time to lie in bed for a few minutes while waiting for the alarm. My first fuzzy thought was that somehow Robert wasn’t snuggled up to me in the position he usually preferred. Then I came to with a start, realizing that the snuggler wasn’t Robert and that it had in fact been a long time since I’d awakened with a warm body adjacent to mine. That brought a flood of memories, and before it could invoke a flood of tears as well, I disentangled myself carefully from Philip. Then I slipped out of bed quietly so as not to wake him, padded across the room, and turned off the alarm. I opened the bedroom door so that Lance could find his way outside to take care of his own needs; then I headed for the bathroom.
Entering the bathroom, I rush
