“You’re new,” the guy sitting next to me at the bar said, eyeing me speculatively. It was Wednesday and I was doing the rounds of more of the bars in the downtown area of the city. Last night had pretty much been a bust as far as I was concerned. Well, as far as finding out if there were any members-only clubs around. I met a couple of interesting men and went home with one of them. Being me, I didn’t stay the night, but then he didn’t ask me to, either. Like meeting like, I suppose.
“First time in here. Hell, first week in town as far as that goes.” Not quite the truth. I’d been here for a month if I count the time it took to finalize buying my house.
“Like it? Oh, I’m Mark.” He held out his hand.
I shook it, saying, “Brant. Yeah, so far it seems okay.”
He grinned. “The bar or the cit
