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counselor.”
    “And this turn around was due to your guilt over your abuse of Mike?”
    “Yes, it was. I may never be able to make it right with Mike, but I can help others who are treated as badly as Mike was.”
    “He’s pretty bitter about religion.”
    “I would expect that. Do you believe in any religion?”
    “I can’t really subscribe to Christianity. The message is beautiful, but I don’t see the people deliverin’ that message livin’ up to it. It seems to me they go against it. I do believe in a higher power, an energy or force. It encompasses the entire earth and all of us. Mike and I have a friend who’s a witch, a Wiccan. What she believes makes sense to me.” It always strikes me that for a community who has been ostracized so much by organized religion, just how spiritual most gay folks are.
    “Jeff, I want to thank you for talking with me. Even if Mike refuses to listen to me, I can see he’s in a good place with a good man. I can’t tell you how much that means to me.”
    “No problem. I just want what’s best for Mike.”
    “We both do.”
    “He has mentioned his sister and brother a few times. I know he’ll be happy to hear about them.”
    “Actually they’ll be very happy to hear Mike’s okay. I’ve been looking for Mike for almost the entire eight years he’s been out on his own. When we saw the articles about the two of you, I decided I had to come out here. I live in San Francisco now, where I’d sent Mike. It’s very hard to trace a minor who’s been on their own.”
    I really didn’t know what to say to Mike’s dad. He was being nice, polite, seemingly accepting of me, and me and Mike. I knew though of the hell he’d put Mike through, and it was hard to reconcile the two.
     
     
    W E MUST have had about two hours of stilted conversation when I heard the door open and shut.
    “Jeffy, I’m negative, let’s head upstairs. I want you to fuck me raw, no more condoms….” He came around the corner and froze. He looked at his father and opened and closed his mouth a couple of times. He turned red and I could see the anger mounting in his eyes and by his body language. He was so upset he was trembling.
    “What in the fuck are you doin’ here?” He glared at his father, fists clenched.
    “Mike, I came to tell you how sorry I am.”
    Mike continued to glare. “Okay, you said it. Now get your filthy, hypocritical ass outta here.” I moved toward Mike. He glared at me too.
    “Why did you let that thing in here? Why didn’t you just kick the shit outta him like you’ve done with other guys who hate gays? Haven’t I told you enough what a despicable piece of shit he is? Don’t you even care enough about me to get rid of him before I got home?” He continued staring at me balefully.
    “Buddy, what’s between you and him is between you and him. I care about you too much to make a decision on what to do for you. Whatever you decide, I’ll back you. I couldn’t tell him to get lost without runnin’ it by you first.” He scowled at me for another moment or so and then looked away.
    “Sorry, Jeffy, you’re right. He just upsets me so much. He brings back a lot of hurt and pain.” I walked over to Mike and put my hand on his shoulder.
    “I’m here for ya, buddy. We’re a team and you got a life here. What he did to you is water under the bridge. Mike, I think the sun rises and sets on you. You’re a different person than the trustin’, helpless boy he threw out.” Mike stepped forward and melted into my arms. He buried his face in my shoulder.
    I whispered into his ear as he clung to me. “Don’t worry, buddy, you and me, we’re a family now. I ain’t gonna let him or anyone else hurt ya. Remember I went after Wayne, even though he had a gun, when he said he was gonna hurt you? I ain’t goin’ nowhere. Think of it, buddy, what you been through would’ve killed a lesser man. You got through it fine. Ya didn’t have to sell yourself. You grew into a