"And how exactly did you find out it was fraud taking place at Mangopean insurance, Mr. Wandell?"

"Because whenever I was bored, which was always, I eavesdropped on the salesmen's calls."

"And what'd you hear?"

"2000 senior citizens from Needles, California, being sold fraudulent insurance."

"That many? Did anyone ever ask you to lie?"

"Oh my god! Oh my god, you're gay!"

"If you could answer the question, because these guys have lawyers that will shred you."

"I'm not being prepped anymore until you admit you're a gay."

"Uh yeah, yeah, I am, a gay so…"

Kevin reverses the tape again and pushes the play button. The conversation between him and Scotty starts over again. And then again. Every time he hears something new in it. How fast he surrendered and gave up on trying to prep Scotty, how secure Scotty sounds and how much he's changed these last two years.

Scotty had spent what, two minutes, in his office that time, before spotting Kevin's homosexuality. That was the first time they met. Kevin had introduced himself, very politely. Offered some coffee. Scotty politely introduced himself too, and declined the coffee.

The say down in Kevin's office, Kevin asked if he could tape their conversation, just for his own work, and Scotty had causally agreed. When Kevin closed his eyes, listening to the tape for the twelfth time today, he can still see Scotty in front of him, sitting there on the chair. The striped shirt, the ruffled longer hair and his effeminate manner.

Scotty was obviously gay, and from the moment Scotty approached him in the hallways of the office, his sexuality had scared him. Yes, Kevin was out and proud, sure, but he would never be accepted in the office if he hadn't behaved like all the others.

After Kevin, quite roughly, had pointed out that he didn't have a great day, Scotty sat back down and they continued their interview. Scotty had answered the questions very well, and had overall been very easy to work with. Kevin had felt very comfortable with him whenever they were alone.

At the meeting with Scotty, two other witnesses and a lawyer from Mangopean, Kevin has almost been ashamed. Not for Scotty's sake, but for his own. Sitting there round the table, it was clear the Mangopean lawyer guy was judging Scotty from his manner and way of speaking. Kevin, however, had been approached with respect. Maybe because he was the lawyer, maybe because he passed.

The event had made Kevin think about himself. It was like being thirteen and coming to terms with your own sexuality again, and it took him quite a lot of thinking hours before he realized why.

He wasn't uncomfortable with passing. He had gone through his period of alternative dressing and crazy hair cuts. He liked being in a suit, fitting into the dress code. What was really bothering him this time, was the simple fact that he was incredibly attracted to someone who didn't. Someone who challenged him when it came to prejudice and fitting in.

Scotty wasn't like all the other witnesses he met. Scotty wasn't even like anyone he ever met. Had Scotty approached him in a bar, he hadn't even bothered to reply.

"Oh my god! Oh my god, you're gay!"

And in three days, Scotty will be his husband.