Chapter 8“Permission to speak freely, Sir,” Jim asked.
“Yes, go ahead, Jim. He told you something, I presume.”
“He’s afraid.”
“Of what? Me?” roared Bear.
“As if anyone would be afraid of little ole you, get serious man. Jim is on to something here. I can always tell,” Reed said.
Jim blushed and bowed his head. “Thank you, Master. May I continue, Sir?”
“Go ahead, Jim Boy,” Bear said with a terse nod of his head.
“Brian has been carrying heavy burdens for far too long.
His first homosexual experience made him feel unworthy and unlovable. His mother heaped everything to do with her illness onto his shoulders as soon as he graduated and came home from school.
“Until the day he saw her, he had no indication of what he faced. Brian assumed she had at least taken the preliminary steps to
