Chapter 3
Geoffrey got very little accomplished that day. He watched some videos of Ryan and Max, and some of the three of them taken years earlier at a picnic by the third Musketeer—literally—who had played Aramis as a freshman to senior Geoffrey’s Porthos way back in high school. His name was Smoky Cole, and he’d earned the nickname not by sneaking cigarettes but because of his soulful voice, which rivaled the true greats of Motown. Geoffrey had an affinity for the music that came out of Detroit in the 60s, 70s, and early 80s, and for Smoky, who had admitted at that very picnic that he’d always had a crush on Geoffrey back in their drama club days. “At least I thought I did. Maybe I just wanted to be you,” he’d amended, all inebriated, blushing and giggly years later. Since high school,
