Mr. Hideaway
For Kenito Padilla.
June 3
Josh Hideaway couldn’t think of anyone else in his life that had temporarily lost their minds at the young age of thirty-five. Not Andy Apple, his best friend of forever. Not his parents, Debbie and Mitch. Not his coworkers at Hatch Films. And certainly not any of his prior boyfriends and lovers, most of which he believed deserved to lose their minds because they had all broken his heart. Losing one’s mind couldn’t have been construed as a positive challenge, he deemed.
Two shrinks both told him, “It can happen to anyone. Disparage is common among the living. There’s nothing to worry about. You just need a little help.”
Truth told, there just happened to be an overabundance of things to worry about in Josh’s world. Comets were coming closer to t
