Darrin sat on the edge of the bed at a Red Roof Inn, waiting for Charlie to arrive. He’d just texted the man the room number using an anonymous texting app that Charlie insisted he use. Charlie had nixed Darrin’s suggestion of coffee first. Normally that, and the other secrecy issues, would have been another reason for Darrin to let the situation go. But something kept him saying yes to Charlie’s suggestions for getting together, even though they were out-of-bounds by Darrin’s rules.
Darrin offered to have Charlie come to his apartment. Charlie asked where Darrin lived and what the entry was like. When Darrin had given the address and described the entry hall with a security guard, Brad had quickly suggested a motel instead, the kind where you entered your room right off the parking lot r
