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Noah.
    TRENITY
    All I get is a first name. I gave you a last name.
    NOAH (smiling)
    Darbey . My name is Noah Darbey.
    TRENITY
    Okay Noah Darbey. How long have you been nursing?
    NOAH
    This is my fifth year. What do you do?
    TRENITY
    I am a pharmacist.
    NOAH
    Also in the medical field. Great. Well it was nice meeting you. I have a few other patients that I need to see.
    TRENITY (grabbing Noah by the arm)
    Hope to see you again soon.
    NOAH
    I will be around later.              
     
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    At dinner my phone rang . When I pulled it out of my pocket I saw that Brian was calling. I excused myself from the table.
    DWIGHT
    Hey baby.
    BRIAN
    What are you doing?
    DWIGHT
    We are out to dinner right now.
    BRIAN
    Where?
    DWIGHT
O’Charley’s . Why?
    BRIAN
    I am trying to find you.
    DWIGHT (smiling)
    Where are you?
    BRIAN
    I am in Merid ian. I flew down when I talked to you earlier today. I didn’t like the stress in your voice.
    DWIGHT
    Awww baby. What would I….wait a minute. You can’t. How will I explain you to my family?
    BRIAN
    Your partner. How else would you?
    DWIGHT
    Brian…you know that I love you but my family will not go for this or understand it.
    BRIAN
    Well I am on my way. So between here, at this small ass airport, and O’Charley’s you better think of something. Love ya!
                  The next thing that I heard was the end of the phone call. What was I going to do? My baby brother is in the hospital and now my partner is here in town. Could things get any worse? As I was walking back to the table I noticed Maddie gazing at me.
    MADISON
    Is everything alright?
    DWIGHT
    Umm, yes.
                  I took my glass of wine and swallowed it down in one gulp. I beckoned for the waiter.
    WAITER
    Yes sir?
    DWIGHT
    Let me get a Dead Bastard .
                  The waiter smiled when I placed my order.
    WAITER
    I’m sorry sir but I have never had of it. Let me see if we make that.
                  The waiter walked to the bartender. I looked across the way and saw that the bartender was shaking his head. It wasn’t long before the waiter returned.
    WAITER
    I apologize sir but he said that he don’t know how to make that.
    DWIGHT
    Okay pull out your pen and paper. It is 1 shot brandy, 1 shot bourbon, 1 shot gin, 1 shot rum, ½ shot lime juice, 1 dash bitters, 1 shot Ginger Ale. Pour all the ingredients in a tall chilled glass filled with ice cubes. Quickly.
    MADISON
    Why are you ordering a drink like that?
    DWIGHT
    I need it at this point.
                  Maddie gave me a look of concern. I placed my hands on my head and realized that I was going to have to talk to Gran.
    DWIGHT
    Gran I have to talk to you about something. This is something that I have wanted to tell you for a long time but didn’t know how.
                  By this time the waiter brought my drink order. I pulled the straw out and took it to the head. I felt Maddie kick me under the table. I ignored the first kick, but the more I talked the harder she kicked.
    DWIGHT
    My desire to please you and my family has plagued me to an unhealthy extent; I have spent the last years of my life distancing myself from you because of how you all treated me and I thought you might react to my truth.  Today I am tired of the lies. Today, I decided to stop running.    Today, I decided to be the man you raised me to be.  Today I choose to be honest with myself as well as you.    I am still the same intelligent, hard-working, Dwight Cove that you reared. I choose to love me for me and no matter what anyone says I have to live my best life. A life of truth, a life of love, and a life free from the burden of perceived judgment.
    GRANDMOTHER ELLA (gently placing her fork on the side of her salad.)
    Okay so you are gay.
                  I turned and looked at my sister and tilted my head. I just knew deep within that Madison had already told