After they were finished and lying in the glow of the sun and their acts, Leander stared sleepily at the sky.
Basil said, “This doesn’t have to be complicated at all.”
“I know.”
“Then why do you try to complicate it all the time?”
“Because sneaking around like this isn’t what I have in mind.”
“Isn’t that what you did with Strong all those years?”
After thinking for a moment, Leander spoke. “I guess I didn’t consider it sneaking around. We shared a bed, we shared meals—”
“But you didn’t announce it to the congregation, either.”
“And I’m not proposing we would announce our relationship, either, even if you divorce Mrs. Shocking. Living with Emil discreetly was different than sneaking around behind your wife’s back.”
Basil appeared to search for an answer in the silence and in the cl
