March 7. Still cold. Still snowy. Still icy. Springtime will never come. The Earth will forever be a wintry tundra. Siberia for everyone on the planet.
Danny Mumford wants me to meet his wife, Sadie. Danny makes dinner reservations for four at La Rue. I take Car as my date for the evening, showing him off to Sadie. At first, Car doesn’t want to go with me because he says he’s not handsome enough to go to such an expensive restaurant, but he changes his mind at the last minute.
He tells me while we shower together before leaving for the evening, “I realize you need a date.”
“Don’t feel pity for me.”
“It’s not pity. I want to come because you want me to.”
“I wouldn’t have asked you otherwise. We’re a couple, Gyles. We belong together and to be seen with each other.”
He says, “I guess s
