Abide With Me (2012)
“Absorbed in his own thoughts, he had come straight home after an interview with FBI agents.
The interview had gone well, Raymond thought. The red-faced man with the short hair of a military officer had spent the first few minutes talking about the upcoming football season. Asking Raymond what kind of team his brother’s Northwestern Wildcats were going to have and what would happen if Northwestern ever played Raymond’s alma mater, Alabama. He told him his father would sit on the Northwestern sid...e while his mother would split her time equally.
“Sounds like you have a very supportive family,” the agent said.
“I do,” Raymond said quietly.
The only tension occurred when the agent said, “I understand you live an alternative lifestyle.” There was that word again, he thought. “Lifestyle.”
“If you mean I’m gay, then I guess the answer is yes.”
The agent came back quickly with a question. “You guess?”
“I’m gay,” Raymond said. Never in a million years did he envision a day when he would be telling an FBI agent that he did men.MoreLess
The interview had gone well, Raymond thought. The red-faced man with the short hair of a military officer had spent the first few minutes talking about the upcoming football season. Asking Raymond what kind of team his brother’s Northwestern Wildcats were going to have and what would happen if Northwestern ever played Raymond’s alma mater, Alabama. He told him his father would sit on the Northwestern sid...e while his mother would split her time equally.
“Sounds like you have a very supportive family,” the agent said.
“I do,” Raymond said quietly.
The only tension occurred when the agent said, “I understand you live an alternative lifestyle.” There was that word again, he thought. “Lifestyle.”
“If you mean I’m gay, then I guess the answer is yes.”
The agent came back quickly with a question. “You guess?”
“I’m gay,” Raymond said. Never in a million years did he envision a day when he would be telling an FBI agent that he did men.MoreLess
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