2015
“I have something to tell you all,” Jamie Pierce, the manager of Black Lace from their first day as a band and through several line-up changes, announces from the head of the table.
The whole band is there, plus Kelly and Penny. Brenton is sitting next to Donnie and Jed, their guitarist and singer, also a long-term couple. Drew, their bass player, is next to the girls.
“Do tell,” Jed encourages. He and Jamie had dated when the band first started and gotten married. That was before Bert, their ex-guitarist, outed Jed. But that was a long time ago. Jed and Jamie are best friends, and Jed’s been dating Donnie for two years, ever since Donnie joined Black Lace. It hadn’t been easy for them, but it’d worked out for the best. And seeing them now, holding hands under the table, it makes B
