A few months later Alex sat across the table from Roderick on the rooftop of one of North Shore Beach’s more elegant restaurants. Alex stared at the other man’s eyes, noticing how different they were than when they’d met not all that long ago. There was none of the anxiety that they had seen before, none of the anger or the fear.
“You’ve turned out to be quite the charmer,” Alex said, smiling at the lack of worry in his partner’s eyes.
“I told you I could pull it off,” Roderick said. “And I’m a much more patient driver. At least when you’re in the car.”
Suddenly Roderick’s face changed as he looked across the rooftop.
“What is it?” Alex asked. “What’s wrong?”
Roderick looked back at him and laughed.
“Don’t look over too fast, but isn’t that Claire and Stella?” Roderick asked.
Alex s
