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horror. His stricken gaze met Will’s and he stepped back into the hall.
    “Whoa.” Will released Taylor so suddenly, Taylor staggered back and sat down on the edge of the bed. “Hang on. Grant ?”
    “Hell,” Taylor muttered. “That didn’t take long.”
    “Be right back.”
    If Taylor replied, Will missed it. He sprinted down the hall after Grant, catching up to him as Grant’s bedroom door was closing.
    “Hey. Grant.” Will turned the knob and stepped inside Grant’s room. Grant turned like he was at bay. “You need to listen to me.”
    “What the hell, William.” Grant’s face was pale. His eyes still looked stricken. “What the fuck? What. The. Fuck. You were kissing him.”
    “He’s my partner.”
    “I thought you meant you worked together!”
    “We do work together. But we’re also —”
    “But he’s married! He’s wearing a wedding ring.”
    It surprised Will that Grant had noticed. He wasn’t always so observant. “He’s wearing my ring.”
    Grant shook his head, repudiating this. “I don’t believe this. You’re saying you’re a homo ? There’s no way!”
    This was going pretty much the way Will had feared any time he’d pictured this scenario. The fact that his father had taken Taylor’s presence so calmly had lulled him into a false sense of security. Grant’s reaction was the normal and expected one. Or at least the expected one.
    Will should have been a lot more careful about kissing Taylor.
    Except…no. Why should he have to be careful about kissing the guy he planned on spending the rest of his life with? No, what he should have done was communicate the real state of affairs before he ever made this trip. Or at least before he dragged Taylor along on such a trip.
    “Hell,” he muttered. “We should have had this talk a long time ago.”
    “ What talk? The talk where you tell me you’re a queer? You’re a fag? You’re a goddamned —”
    “Okay,” Will cut in. He kept his voice quiet, but it took effort. “You can cut that shit out now. Yes, I’m gay. You’re going to have to deal with it.”
    “Since when? Since him ? Since MacAllister?”
    “Since forever. Taylor doesn’t have anything to do with me being gay.”
    “The hell he doesn’t. He’s your partner , isn’t he?”
    “Yes. But I was gay long be —”
    “That’s bullshit, Will. You aren’t gay. You weren’t gay in high school. You weren’t gay in college. You were going to marry Madonna Agnelli. You should have married her.”
    Will hung onto his patience. “No, I shouldn’t have. Because I am gay. And the reason I stopped dating Madonna was I figured that out. Look, I’m sorry this is such a shock to you, but —”
    “Does Pop know?”
    “Yes.” Will reflected on the last three minutes and revised. “I’m assuming Pop knows.”
    “You assume ? I wouldn’t assume, William. This is so…I can’t believe it. This is a goddamned nightmare .”
    Will said wearily, “Grant, I realize this news is a shock, and I guess I didn’t handle breaking it to you right. Okay? But —”
    “I don’t want to hear it.” Grant actually put his hands up like he was going to cover his ears. He stopped himself, but clearly it was his desire.
    “Oh for chrissake.”
    “No.” Grant’s chin jutted out defiantly. “I don’t want to hear it. I don’t know why you would do this, but I’m not going to be a part of it.”
    “I’m not asking you to be a part of it. I’m asking you to not be an ass about it.”
    Grant glared at him. “I can’t believe you’d bring him here.”
    Will said in warning, “Grant, you can think what you like, but you don’t say one goddamned thing to MacAllister, you got that? Not a word. You’re my brother and I love you. That isn’t going to change, even if you are a jackass. But if you give MacAllister any grief, we’re going to have a serious disagreement.”
    Grant opened his mouth, but changed his mind.
    “Good choice,” Will told him, and walked