Shoulda Been a Cowboy
By Terry O’Reilly
“Look at this one,” Charlie Bradley said, handing his iPhone to his coworker.
They were having lunch in the cafeteria of their high-rise office building in downtown Chicago.
“Hmmm…” Danny Burke replied, swallowing a mouthful of turkey club. “Never gonna happen.”
“Yes, it will,” Charlie answered stubbornly. “This time he promised I could make the choice for our vacation.”
“Charlie,” Danny said, dipping a French fry into a mixture of catsup and ranch dressing, “how many times has Jared Clarke said ‘you choose,’ and then when you picked a place to eat or somewhere to hang out, said ‘Naw, we’re going where I want.’”
Charlie knew Danny was right. Charlie’s boyfriend, Jared, rarely took Charlie’s interests or desires into consideration. All during t
