Chapter 21: Carlos
We awaken to the sound of a door opening in the other room. I feel Andy tense next to me in the bed. He pulls away, and I wince a little as our bodies unglue from the come binding us together.
There are footsteps. Another door shuts, and I assume it’s the bathroom. After a pause the toilet flushes, and I hear running water. I whisper underneath its rush, “Do you want me to go? Is this another guy you had lined up to come over tonight?”
Andy punches me in the chest. “It’s my son!”
“I know that.” I get up on one elbow and smile down through the pale yellow-tinged light filtering in through the blinds. In the dimness, Andy looks almost the same as he did back when I first spied him, and that makes me smile bigger.
We say nothing as the bathroom door creaks open and the
