Page 65 of Chula

“Yeah, he called me.”

“You’re happy about that?”

“Yeah. I’ve missed him. Shit, we talk nearly every day now.” They have gotten closer over the last year, and I couldn’t be happier about that. They deserve so much more than what they were given, but they’ve both come a long way since then, too.

“You want to go inside?” I ask him. He pulls away from me and stands quickly, causing me to laugh. Then he reaches out his arms and extends his hands to me. I let him pull me up before I brush the sand off myself.

“You want me to fuck you? Is that what you want?”

“I figure if we’re going to have kids, we should practice making them,” I tease him.

“So you do want me fucking you. All you had to do was ask me, Chula. You know I’d give you anything you want.”

“Anything?”

“Anything.”

“I only want you, Marco. That’s all I want in this life.”

“Then you have me. I’ll be right here with you until the day I take my last breath.”