Chapter 30

“What I tell you here can never be repeated. You have to promise me this.”

“Why do you want to tell me your secrets? There are hundreds of athletes you could spill your secrets to. Why did you choose me?”

“Because you’re honest, trustworthy, have salvaged your integrity throughout the years in the league, and I respect you.”

I shook my head. “There’s more, isn’t there?”

“Of course.”

“Because there is always more, isn’t there?”

“Yes.” Again, he looked from his left, right, and back to his left to see if we were alone, which we were. Eventually his gaze returned to mine. “When did you know you were gay, Shane?”

I gulped saliva down the back of my dry throat, disbelieving what he had just asked me. Baffled, I answered him honestly. “I was eleven.”

“How did you know?”

I shrugged and felt like the tiger sharks were eavesdropping on our private conversation. “I liked to look at cock at that age, mostly in gym class.”

“Did you have a girlfriend?”