Chapter 6My primary goal for our date was that Jerry be completely comfortable. Unfortunately, that meant a more urban area where the issue of public displays wasn’t quite as polarizing as it was in a small, conservative community. It wasn’t hard to figure out where to go, but it did mean Jerry needed plenty of notice to make it happen.
I sent him a text while I knew he slept asking him to call me when he woke up. When he rang, I’d been prepared for an hour, flipping through channels as my nerves got tighter and tighter.
“What’s going on?” he asked.
“Road trip. You’ve got ten minutes to pack an overnight bag. Make sure you have something nice for tonight.”
The front door opened as soon as I pulled into the drive. I didn’t even have to turn the engine off before Jerry had hopped into th
