RUBBY

Alex ignored my question and went ahead to open the box I had gotten him.

"Drop the act. Have you been drinking?"

"Wow," he gasped when he opened the box. I had gotten him a not-so-expensive watch. He had only one. Though that was the least of his worries, I figured out he needed another one. I had carefully chosen that watch with Dad the first time we made love.

"Rubby, this is so expensive, you shouldn't have...."

"I would have done more, I just......"

"Rubby this is ...