“Thank you.” Jason had to speak past the lump in his throat. He felt like weeping at Graeme's kindness. “There hasn't really been anybody I could talk to. My sister was totally accepting … my brother didn't say too much … though even he was ambivalent. But my parents always thought Brent was … a working class git. I think that was worse for them than his being gay. They would probably have tolerated an upper-class twink from Eton.” Jason stopped and looked away at the little garden, perfect and neat and rich, where every spare inch had been used for something beautiful, Japanese in its intensity and purity, but still somehow reminding him of English gardens from villages in the Cotswolds. Simultaneously home and yet not-home, too.
“Have you finished?” Graeme was looking pointedly at Jason's untouched meal.
“Oh! Not in the least! It's delicious!” And Jason grabbed his fork and started eating. Graeme just grinned.
Determined to change the subject, Jason asked the first thing which came into his head: “Did you find it hard to write the straight sex in your novels?”
“Nah. It's pretty much the same, you know ...”
Jason nodded.
“ … and anyway, I was married, for six years.”
“Oh. I'm sorry. I … it was none of my business.”
First Majorca Flats post Previous MF post (#111) Next MF post(#113)
Majorca Flats Episodes 1 to 10 Majorca Flats Episodes 61 to 70
Majorca Flats Episodes 11 to 20 Majorca Flats Episodes 71 to 80
Majorca Flats Episodes 21 to 30 Majorca Flats Episodes 81 to 90
Majorca Flats Episodes 31 to 40 Majorca Flats Episodes 91 to 100
Majorca Flats Episodes 41 to 50 Majorca Flats Episodes 101 to 110
Majorca Flats Episodes 51 to 60
No comments:
Post a Comment