Chapter 16
Frank walked back to his dorm. The wind was still blowing, and the temperature seemed to have dropped several degrees. In addition, it had started snowing. However, the snow enhanced his happiness, and he hardly felt the cold. He was wrapped in a warm cocoon that Bill had spun around him by acknowledging him in front of all those fans. True, it was fairly obscure. No one hearing Bill’s words would have been able to deduce there was anything going on between them, and it certainly wasn’t a coming out statement. However, Frank got the message. Bill’s calling him Frodo in front of everyone said loud and clear—I love you.
Evidently it meant something to Dennis, too. He’d left in a huff, dragging Jim off with him. Probably it was because Bill had singled Frank out in so large a cro
