Greg wants to know. If he’d stayed in touch with Mr. Johns over the years, would things have played out the same? If he’d gone to visit the golfer when he came home from college, would he have grown closer to Trey? If he had answered the kid’s letters, had met with him during holidays, had become friends instead of just two boys who had nothing but Mr. Johns in common…would he be here now, standing on a golf course, squinting into the sun, as he waits for one of Trey’s asshole frat brothers to sober up enough to play ball?
Or would last night have been different? Would they have met, not as acquaintances but as old friends? Would sharing bottles of wine have led to more than hangovers and waking alone? Would Greg even now be thinking ahead to an evening spent cuddling nude with Trey benea
