I couldn’t sleep. The bed was too soft, too big, even with Benny next to me. I felt set adrift, like I was in the middle of a field, an ocean. I was used to cramped spaces, to being wedged in some place. My body couldn’t get used to it. I jumped up. I headed for the gym.
“Hi,” I said, catching Manny in a bicep curl.
He smiled. He was in shorts. I was in boxers. He was wearing sneakers. I was wearing socks. “Hi, Ted. Couldn’t sleep again?”
“Strange surroundings.”
He laughed. My c**k throbbed. “Understatement.”
I nodded and sat across from him, watching him work his arm. “You’re rich,” I said, as if that was the most natural thing to say to someone.
He shrugged. He set the weight down. “I already was.”
I squinted his way. “You were already rich and you’re only twenty-three and you’re
