Chapter 40Genie looked forward to this. She didn’t get out much lately and was seeing Josh’s place for the first time. It was cute, sparsely furnished, in that retro sort of way, and cozy.
Latecomers sat on multicolored folding chairs, but she and Dan had arrived early. Along with Josh’s neighbor, they got the couch. Orange and boxy, it stood high off the ground on skinny little legs. Steve sat on Josh’s bike, parked in the corner. That was odd.
She found gay men intriguing. Many of the guests were. Dancers and clowns from Dan’s show, she’d met some of them before, a colorful crowd. They filled the room with ardent gestures and jovial screams.
Not everyone was. That man with the woman in the corner, they held hands. “Who’s that?” She pointed discretely. “Do I know them?” she asked Dan.
