“Yeah,” Jack said. “I suppose that’s right.”
“How long have you been married?”
“Twenty-six years next month.”
“Do you have children?”
“Yeah, I’ve got two.”
“What about them?” Trace asked. “Do you think they have any idea about your…feelings?”
Jack burst into a nervous laughter at this.
“What’s so funny?” Trace asked.
“I think I screwed up my son.”
“Why do you say that?”
“I tried to f**k him.”
“What?” Trace blurted. Was he really hearing this?
“What?”Was he really hearing this?“Not on purpose. It was an accident.”
“An accident?”
“I can tell by the inflection in your voice that you doubt that,” Jack said. He then proceeded to explain he and his son’s chance encounter at the Hotel Arkadia. As he did, Trace listened in amazement.
“Did that really happen?”
“Honest to God. Who wo
