6 “Your idea sucked,” Trihn said when she calmed down enough to return to her friends. Bryna had been dancing with Eric but had stopped her movements at Trihn’s approach. She c****d her head to the side. “What do you mean?” “He turned me down. I offered to let him f**k me, and he said no.” Trihn wasn’t sure who looked more surprised—Bryna or Eric. “Is he gay?” Eric started laughing. Bryna jabbed him in the ribs. “That is not funny!” If Trihn weren’t so embarrassed after what had happened with Damon, she would have found the joke funny. For more than a year after Bryna had first met Eric, she had thought he was gay because of some offhanded comment her ex-boyfriend had said to keep her away from Eric. Then, she had discovered the truth that he was one hundred percent not gay and one