“I was part of it.” Curtis kept his eyes glued to the screen. “I should have known.”
“Oh, yeah, you definitely should have known the company you’re working for was trying to start a plague. Happens all the time.” Lyndon reached across Curtis’ lap for the remote. Across the room, the news announcer informed them the deaths in Peoria were at three and the number of sick was rising.
Curtis grabbed his arm as he pulled the remote back; Lyndon leaned over and kissed him. Curtis didn’t react eagerly as he had before, instead pushing Lyndon away and glaring.
“s**t, sorry,” muttered Lyndon. He left the remote with Curtis and got up to put the pizza away. So much for their earlier desires. Apparently he wasn’t getting any tonight. Lyndon pulled out the alcohol from the night before and poured hi
