Chapter 2Conflicted emotions often took hold at night. Dark feelings hit him mostly when he tried to sleep. Usually occurring somewhere around three in the morning. A lost hour, when an empty bed meant loneliness. Causing him to question life’s bigger answers. No man at his side. Being gay had never been one of his inner debates. He’d felt the truth about his sexuality deep within him and had never fought it. He was attracted to men, what was the big deal, and even so, why was it anyone’s business except the men he chose to sleep with, to be involved with? From his teen years, he’d always found himself jealous of pretty women latched onto the arms of handsome men. He’d never questioned which from the couple he was looking at, much less why. Not once had his family had a problem, either. Th
