They left the garage, and Laurie followed his boyfriend through the cottage and out the French doors that opened to the rear of the property. Beyond the back patio was a kidney-shaped pool that had been closed since the last time Wheat and his parents had been there. A slide curved around to what was most likely the deep end, while off to one side was an inactive waterfall that would spill into a spa and from there, into the pool.
“Wow. We had a pool at home, but it was nothing like this.”
“I wish I’d known you then. I’d have enjoyed swimming with you.”
“It’s probably just as well you didn’t. My folks would have seen the way I looked at you, and they’d have known right away we were boyfriends. Um…That is…”
“No, we definitely would have been boyfriends. I wouldn’t have been able to keep
