"We didn't talk about that." No, we didn't." It was too early, too early for this.She nodded and turned back to her coffee. I knew I should say someth...ng, but now I truly was scared. I'd spent years telling everyone I knew that Thuy and I were just friends. I had believed it. Had we been wrong all this time?I loved her messed up hair and messed up dress."Do you work today?" she interrupted."In an hour. 12 hour shift, so I won't get back 'til past nine." Hurry back, Jake," she said almost. ‘Have fun,’ she told me with a devilish grin. ‘We’ll see you tomorrow some time,’ suggesting that she fully expected that I would stay out all night and maybe even go home with someone for a while. ‘If not sooner,’ I told her just before shutting the door behind me, suggesting that I might not. To my surprise, she opened the door and came out to give me a final kiss goodbye. ‘I’m living vicariously though you tonight . Don’t let me down Tiger.’ Then she slapped me on the ass and went back. “I am never going to get used to people knowing whose calling them, before I say a word. Anyway, I need you to run a couple of names for a criminal records checks. One is just his street name, so it might take a while, The other is a two year old murder victim.”“Is the Vic two years old, or the Murder. Is it one of the murders I ran the other day?” he asked.“Yes, Caroline Moore or Moorehouse. She might have been involved in some minor shit before her death. The other is a drug dealer with the. " God, I wish we could all just be ourselves," I sighed. "Having to skulkaround all the time is really tiring." I know, but until things change we have no choice. America is not readyto accept that Superman and Wonder Woman, their most popular and laudedsuperheroes, are gay. It's Clark I really feel sorry for. He's the mostnoble and selfless of us all. It must have been hell for him growing upin Smallville and having a crush on his friend Pete Ross he knew henever dared act on. If he hadn't.