Chapter 16
John felt amazing, alive, free. It was like he could fly across the seas, his love for Mitch Benjamin keeping him aloft.
Mitch. John could sense something was wrong. Instantly coming awake, John snapped his eyes open and sat up to regard his lover.
“What’s wrong?” John asked, seeing Mitch’s troubled eyes. “Do you regret…what we did?”
Mitch shook his head but otherwise stayed silent.
“Talk to me.” John reached for and took the big guy’s hand.
“Can we go for a walk on the beach?”
“Uh, yeah, I suppose.”
A moonlit walk next to the crashing waves would be pretty romantic. “We might even run into Teddy. I’ve got a lot to tell him.” John kissed Mitch on the lips, but Mitch didn’t return the kiss.
“Yeah, let’s go find Teddy.” Mitch’s voice seemed flat.
John watched his lover c
