"Yes. Brigitte was the first woman I had sex with. It kind of broke the ice before I had sex with her partner. Listen, I sort of wanted to apologize to you both. Even though I was attracted to Gretchen in high school, I was afraid to be with her because of the way she got treated by the other kids. If I'd been a little braver, perhaps she wouldn't have gotten treated as badly as she was, or they would have split their negative attention on two people instead of just one."

"At least you were never one of those who made fun of her," Sue said, "so thank...