11. Hide and Seek
*********** had suggested that she and Sam go to the gay club Score, as a casual hint to Sam that he was gay. Sam figured she had hoped either to prod Sam out of the closet. This had angered Sam. He worried that he would one day need to tell her to mind her business. But well before that time came, he found himself asking her to accompany him to Score to meet Tianliang and her girlfriend in what seemed like the most appropriate venue.
In their texting, Sam and Tianliang used eager turns of phrase and punctuation that would give an outsider the impression they actually wanted to see each other again, but both were aware that their friendship was far past its prime. Everyone at Score would feel forced there by circumstance. Tianliang was keen to show Sam that she had a gi
