I’d made up my mind. The fish I’d thrown back into the lake advised me to lay it all out for Jeff and let the chips fall where they landed. The upside had two parts. One, Jeff was honest enough to tell me exactly what he thought. Two, I’d know how Jeff felt about men in general and me in particular. The downside was I was scared as s**t.
I parked in Bud’s recently graded and graveled parking lot. I hadn’t talked him into paving yet, but I was getting close. As I walked up to the cafe, I could see Jeff spot me. He was sitting at a table facing the window. A guy was sitting across from him, his back to me. Jeff signaled to me, then bent to the guy across from him. I couldn’t tell if Jeff had signaled to say he was glad I’d gotten there and c’mon in, or if he was signaling for me to wait a m
