Mike Finds Himself - 16. The Truth Be Told

When Mike arrived home, he handed Maggie the envelope. She opened it, examined the $5,000 check and exclaimed, “What the heck is this?” Mike had been filling her in on the investigation, the only person he had discussed it with, and was proud to share the final details. He told her how it had all come together, resulting in the arrest of Joyce and Phil, his promotion and raise. “You deserve a celebratory dinner, not the stir fry I had planned.”

At Outback Steak House, Mike ordered a full meal starting with a beer, his first in months. Filet mignon, baked potato and salad followed by a salted caramel topped cheesecake slice shared with Maggie and Irish coffee was the richest meal he had had in the ten months since the death of his cousin.

That night as he contemplated life in bed, he had never felt more peaceful. Amazing events had happened in his life over the last ten months since he had started down the road of self-improvement.

First – He had found and accepted himself as a gay man.

Second – He had turned his lifestyle from one of doom to one of health. He was on schedule to lose 55 (25.0 kg) pounds in a year with only five more to take off in the next two months. His gym visits, hiking and just being physically active whenever possible gave him an overall feeling of well-being.

Third – His position at King Manufacturing had turned from something he did out of boring habit to a situation that enhanced his creative juices. He was now respected and enjoyed casual conversations with fellow employees at all levels.

Fourth – He had made friends, close friends. He now realized that he had never had a real buddy he could talk to since he was 14, when his cousin’s interest in girls, specifically Mary, replaced any intimacy they had. Now he had a circle of friends. He felt close to Jim and Rob. While Tomas and Alan had been too sexually active for his comfort, they were guys he could relate to. His few months with Farmer Bruce proved he could love another man. When Bruce broke it off, he accepted that a long-term relationship with a young farmer would not have worked. Jim’s comment that Mr. Right would appear when he least expected it to happen was certainly true. Thanks to the fraud committed by Phil and Joyce, Bob had entered his life and heart. As he fell asleep he thought of his friend, not with a hard dick but with his heart.

The next day Mr. King visited Mike’s office. Mike thought this unusual since The King normally summoned people to his office. “As soon as I told Lucy, my wife, about your role in discovering the thieves, she wanted to meet you and thank you. She suggested we invite you, your wife, Bob and his wife to our home for a celebratory dinner. She suggested this Saturday if all of you are available.”

“Thank you for the invitation. I am positive Maggie will be thrilled. I’ll call her and check our schedule. By the way, Bob is single and as far as I know is not presently involved with any ladies.”

King continued, “Since you and Bob appear to be friends as well as work mates, would you call him with the invitation. Tell him he may bring a friend or be there solo. Let me know if the three or four of you will be available Saturday.”

“I’ll call Bob and Maggie and let you know.” (As Mike thought to himself, ‘Bob will be attending with someone better than a wife as I play a double role Saturday.’)

Lucy King was a breath of fresh air compared to her conservative husband. As they sat in the living room with their drinks, the conversation was light. While the rest had various cocktails, Mike sipped sparkling water. He did plan on having wine with dinner. It had been almost a year since he had had more than one alcoholic drink in a day.

With a chuckle, Lucy commented, “I understand Bob took some interesting photos of the fraudsters. Never a dull moment at work?”

In a somewhat defensive tone, Bob replied, “Sometimes in such investigations, the conspirators claim to not know each other. I had evidence, hard evidence (said with a chuckle), that they knew each other well. Luckily, we never needed to use the photos to prove their mutual guilt. Pictures of ugly Joyce and unimpressive Phil were not worth saving.”

Lucy laughed and The King looked very uncomfortable as she replied, “Too bad. I was hoping you might share some of the evidence with us.”

To the relief of the others who were a little uncomfortable with her comment, they heard the door opening. In walked an incredibly good-looking young man, probably in his late 20s. “Hello all, I’m Blake King, son of this adorable couple,” he said as he kissed his mother on the cheek. “I’m meeting friends later, but wanted to get to know the detectives who saved the family jewels (said with a twinkle).” They learned Blake and his partner owned a decorating firm that specialized in affordable, high-quality hardware and fixtures as well as antiques. In addition to their store in Springfield, they had a substantial web business. Maggie had visited the store with real estate clients planning to make upgrades on their homes prior to listing and complimented him on the store’s selection. During their conversation Mike had the feeling he had seen the handsome face of this young man before. Soon after Blake departed to meet his friends, Mike remembered his connection with him. He was positive that he had seen Blake’s smiling face and more, much more, in the Springfield section of the gay web site. Mike was relieved that his own face was not shown on the web site which made it impossible for someone to visually identify him, unless the person could identify Mike from the pictures showing his dick - soft, hard and cumming.

After Blake departed for his dinner date, his mother bragged about the business her son and his partner had developed. She told how the two had met in high school and attended State University together. Blake had majored in art and his partner, Ross, in business. She commented, “They certainly have developed a perfect partnership.”

Her husband, in a very distasteful tone, “Yea, a really cute partnership.”

The tone of his comment indicated he did not approve of the partnership and confirmed Mike’s suspicion that the partnership was more than business.

The King continued, “I had hoped he would join King Manufacturing and take over someday. Obviously, with a degree and interest in art, he is not interested in manufacturing.”

At the dinner table, when Lucy was complimented on the tasty food, she replied, “Cooking is a passion. But, when I entertain I prefer to be a relaxed host, not a frazzled kitchen worker. This meal was prepared by Springfield Caterers.” Maggie, Mike and Bob were relieved that she had not toiled in the kitchen all day preparing the dinner.

As soon as they returned home, Maggie, who had an unpleasant meeting with a difficult real estate client the following morning, immediately went to bed.

Mike went to the downstairs computer and started a game of spider solitaire. Keeping the game active he then went to his gay webpage. If Maggie came downstairs he could quickly open the half completed card game. Scanning the profiles of the men of Springfield, he soon found Blake King. He was not surprised that he would have remember the handsome smiling face. The rest of the body was also something to admire. Blake had posted six photos. His king size dick was a masterpiece. The size of the dick was enhanced by the total lack of hair in the dick area. Not only was the crotch clean-shaven, his entire body was smooth except for the perfectly coiffured hair style. In one photo, he held his arms over his head exposing bald pits. The photos included both soft and hard dicks close ups as well as full body images. By the time Mike had finished examining each photo in detail he was hard and dripping. He read Blake’s comments as he unzipped his pants and took his dick in hand. ‘While I enjoy sharing myself visually, I am not looking for hookups. Check out my love, ‘rossman’. Mike went to ‘search profiles’ and entered ‘rossman’. As expected, rossman, was as handsome as his love, Blake. There appearances were very different, but equally hot. With olive skin, a trim, muscular body and neatly trimmed body hair his appearance complemented the thin and fair skinned with dirty blond hair Blake. While Ross’s balls appeared to be clean shaven the thick black thatch crowning his dick and his pits were trimmed. The hairy mat on his chest said, ‘run your fingers through me’. Various photos revealed his uncut cock both soft and hard, both skin protecting head and glistening head displayed. Mike was in a quandary. He could not decide which body to jack off to. Since Ross was on the screen, he continued his stroking soon filling the ever handy tissue.

He wanted to share these beauties with Bob. However, he had not told Bob he was on such a site and would have to show him his profile. Although he had known Bob only two weeks, he felt a connection and did not want to do anything to mess it up. One sex act that had never been tried or even hinted at was fucking. While Mike had enjoyed topping Alan and Bruce, he did not need it to be satisfied. Actually, cuddling with Bob was for more erotic than ramming his dick into any available ass. He decided to remove any reference to fucking from his profile before sharing it with Bob. He would change the statement ‘Not into quick fucks & sucks’ to ‘Not into meaningless quickies’. For each person’s profile, there was a list of attributes. He would change ‘Position – Top’ to Position – no preference given, change ‘Sex Preference – Condoms’ to Sex Preference – no preference given.

He planned to discuss his profile statement with Bob. It currently stated:

‘Middle-aged guy recently came out to myself and a few friends. New to man / man sex. After a few encounters realize I want a friendship that includes tender sex. Not into meaningless quickies. Desire a man that satisfies my soul as well as my dick. Non-smoker, social drinker, no drugs – expect same.’

With Bob’s approval, he would change it to: ‘While I enjoy sharing myself visually, I am in a committed relationship and not looking for hookups.’ If Bob was not turned off by this, Mike planned to go one step further and suggest he take erotic photos of the two of them, without faces, to be included in his profile.

Sundays were often a busy day for Maggie. The day after their dinner at the Kings’ home, Maggie had a full Sunday schedule meeting clients at her office showing houses and participating in an open house. Mike also had a busy day planned that had nothing to do with real estate.

Soon after Maggie departed for her office, a freshly showered Mike was knocking on Bob’s door. His friend answered the door wearing a robe that, as soon as the door closed, fell open. Mike fell to his knees and briefly worshiped the erect piece that tasted of Irish Spring soap. Their love making was as passionate as ever and thirty minutes later, in the shower, they helped each other wash away the traces of love juice.

Naked, they sat at the kitchen table talking over coffee and fresh fruit. “Bob, I have discovered interesting information about Blake King, Mr. King’s son. A few months ago I joined a gay dating site. This particular site is more than just dating. In addition to profiles of gay men all over the world, including 150 in Springfield, it has cruising information, chat areas and videos placed by members. As soon as Blake entered the room I knew I had seen his face somewhere. Then I remember, his was among the Springfield profiles on the dating site. I checked it out after returning home last night. Very interesting. Would you like to see all of Blake and his love, Ross?”

Bob replied, “See all of gorgeous Blake? You know me well enough to know the answer.”

Bob brought his laptop to the kitchen table and Mike logged into his account. Bob’s reaction to Blake’s and Ross’s profile photos was as expected. This resulted in their second coupling of the morning that began in the kitchen and finished in the bedroom.

As they snuggled in bed, each with a dripping dick Mike stated, “I want to share my profile with you. Then I plan to discuss some changes I would like to make.

Back in the kitchen Mike again logged into the site and brought up his profile. As Bob studied the photos, he was especially impressed with the dick shot showing cum spewing through the air. Mike explained how Jim and Rob had invited him to their home to take the photos, including the cum shot. He did not give the details of their getting naked with him and helping him cum by participating in a circle jerk until he was ready to shoot. Then, Bob read the profile statement that told the kind of guy that Mike was looking for. Mike took Bob’s hand and said, “I would like to change the statement to read, ‘While I enjoy sharing myself visually, I am in a committed relationship and not looking for hookups.’”

Bob squeezed Mike’s hand and asked, “Are you asking if it is OK to state that we are in a committed relationship?”

Mike leaned in and kissed his friend as he said, “Yes, I am.”

After a period of mutual tongue sucking and roaming hands that were caressing each other’s rejuvenated dicks Mike stated, “I take that as a ‘Yes’“ as he got his hand free and edited the profile.

Since there had been no hesitation by Bob in making a commitment statement, Mike made another request. “I would like to include our photos in my profile, no faces, just 100% man bodies.

Bob replied, “Let’s take photos and see what develops.” Mike took photos of Bob hard and soft. Then, using the timing device with the phone camera propped up on a shelf, they took photos of them together, both soft and hard. After selecting the photos to use they were sent to Bob’s laptop for editing with heads cropped out. Then Mike updated his profile using the photo of the two with hard dicks facing each other as the main photo and inserted the others. He wrote a caption for the main photo, ‘Me on the left, My love on the right’.

Mike then found the profile of Farmer Bruce and told Bob the relevant details of their friendship. “While I was initially hurt that he, as one would say, ‘dumped me’, I realize a lasting relationship with a farmer would be difficult for me. I am happy that he found someone that he could share both his body and profession. I am grateful to him, as with him I realized I was capable of having feelings for another man that were more than just lust.

Then looking at Bob he continued, “I certainly have lust for you and want to suck your dick now, but I also have feelings for you in my heart.” Mike got on his knees and used his hungry lips to begin the third event of the morning. This coupling took over an hour as the cocks weary from earlier activities functioned slow but steady to intense cummings with Mike swallowing while jacking himself to completion.

Mike suggested they get some fresh air and go for a walk in the woods. He felt he needed to explain his relationship with Maggie. Mike had already told Bob about his turn in life after his cousin’s death resulting in a healthy lifestyle and much soul searching. Since Bob was now involved with a married man, Mike realized he needed to explain his home life. As they walked in the crisp fresh air, Mike explained his sex history from jerking off with his cousin when he was 12 – 14 years old, having no sex until marriage and then infrequent, with none in at least ten years. He told about the slight injury to his foot in the bathroom that resulted in a search for a nail clipper and the finding of the condoms, the counting of the condoms, realization they were being used, and the discovery using the spy cam that his handsome 50 year old neighbor was screwing his wife. He continued, “I told you a small lie when I stated I had the spy cam to check activity in my yard. However, as soon as I discovered Maggie and Dale were fucking I removed the cam. I felt weird watching the two fucking and would have been mortified if the cam had been discovered. Actually, as we walk together today, I would not be surprised if they were doing it now.”

Bob asked Mike what was going to happen with his marriage. Mike replied, “I do not know. Should I tell her I am gay? Should I tell her I know she and Dale are in an intimate relationship? Those are questions that once asked, cannot be taken back. Dale’s wife is terminally ill. I understand she has one to five years. Are they screwing for lust or for love? What will happen when his wife dies? How will this affect my son and daughter?”

“While I am in a confession mode, I’ll tell you the rest of my sex activity.” He then told Bob about his watching the guy jerk off in the shower, giving a hand job in the sauna, Tomas’s G-stings, meeting Tomas’s friends, sex encounters with Alan, without mentioning the fucking, and finally the visit to Secrets in New City with Alan, which turned him off. “After a few weeks with Alan, I realized I felt empty, totally empty, after each encounter. Although my dick begged for more activity I stopped seeing him as my heart said ‘No’. I already told you about Farmer Bruce. Then the day you and I met something happened. When I entered Starbucks to meet with Mr. King, I saw you sitting in the back. The sight of you, this unknown person who as far as I knew I would never see again, made me feel good, really good. Then when King walked in and introduced us, I felt like a teenager in lust. My lust soon turned to a feeling of passion. I discussed my feelings with Jim. He told me to go slow although he did admit that his gaydar told him you were a man who could love a man. I still tingle when I think of our visit to the fitness center. When you did not reject my knee pressed against yours, I was in heaven. The rest is history. Now that I have told you my sordid past do you still want to be in a relationship with such a person?”

While standing on the trail Bob answered by pulling Mike into an embrace. As their tongues explored up top their hard dicks enjoyed being pressed against each other. “You are human, you are honest. You are the first person I wanted to touch since I lost Chuck. Yes.”

Bob continued, “You gave me true confessions about your sex life. Now I will share mine after Chuck. I was not a total monk after losing my love. About three months after his death, on a cold winter Sunday afternoon, my furnace died. The technician from Springfield Heating and Cooling was an attractive guy about our age. As he checked the thermostat in the living room he commented on the photo of Chuck and myself. I explained that the other man was my friend who had died in a tragic accident. This tall, lanky guy turned and placed his hands on my shoulders. As he stated how sorry he was for my loss and how devastated I must have been, he massaged my shoulders. I was soon on my knees holding the largest dick I have ever seen. That was exciting. But after he left I felt drained and, like you, my cock was happy while my heart felt nothing. Another encounter happened at Secrets in New City. I was seeing a client in the city and stopped by after work. I had found Secrets by doing a web search of ‘gay New City.’ You told me about your experience there. I was more active than you. I was with a couple of guys before finishing in the mouth of one. I had the same feelings you did. My cock was very happy and wanted to stay longer that day and return later. But, overall, I felt really crappy as I had used guys and guys had used me for pleasure with no emotion. That is who I am. Do you still want to declare our togetherness on the dating site?”

Mike’s reaction, “You are human, I am human. No surprises with what you said and did. I love you.” As he spoke, he took Bob’s hand and led him to a private spot behind some evergreen bushes. As Mike kneeled and unzipped Bob’s pants, he asked, “How is this for an answer?”

A month later, the last week of April, Mike proudly told Maggie that in the past eleven months he had lost enough weight to be down to his goal of 170 (77 kg). She kissed him on the cheek while saying, “This calls for a celebration. Saturday night I am taking you out for a healthy dinner.”

When they returned home after the very expensive, but healthy dinner, Mike told Maggie he wanted to discuss something.

As the two sat at the kitchen table Mike stated: “I am gay. I am aware of your intimate relationship with Dale.”