Chapter 4Eli paced around his living room in nothing but magenta boxer briefs that evening. He’d finished dinner and the dishes, tended to the cat litter pans, and e-mailed the dog owner about adopting Ludwig—that was the pup’s name, according to the post. He’d scoured some porn and tried to distract himself with his hand down his underpants. Then he’d gotten caught up in one of those “first time” chain letter posts on f*******:—first car, first concert, first kiss. Eli’s first kiss was with his grade school best friend, a pretty redheaded girl name Lisa Maughan. His first boy kiss was at age fifteen—also with a redhead. He never knew which one to write about. No offense to Lisa, but the summer-camp gay kiss was the more memorable of the two.
Now Eli paced, thinking about how to let Eddie
