Cruising
Chapter 1
"...nine, ten, eleven...and twelve." Madison DuPree took one last look around the restaurant, then smiled triumphantly. "Twelve gay men, but that's not including the one who doesn't know what the hell he is. Check him out," she said before nodding toward the bar. As usual, Leonard's was crowded, but it seemed even more so for a Thursday evening.
Squished in between a nightclub and a strip joint, the restaurant was the first thing people noticed because of its shocking purple brick front and cotton-candy-pink trimming. It was in downtown Atlanta within walking distance of Centennial Olympic Park, an arm's length away from the CNN Center, and a quick jog from the Georgia Dome.
But it wasn't too packed to figure out who Madison was talking about. Honey-hued and with the black man's requisite bald head, he was flitting between men and women as though he was at an all-you-can-eat buffet and he wanted to sample each one.
"He could be bi," Lauren Hopson offered in a dry tone, then rolled her eyes and took a sip of her apple martini.
Madison turned around in her seat and scrutinized him. After ... read full excerpt from Cruising ebook
