I think I was the first in the family he had ever told outright. I had never felt anything for him and didn’t even know he was gay until we sat down that evening and he told me. A very average man, about 5’9”, 160 lbs, dark hair and handsome. He was in his early 40’s but looked more like early 30’s. I arrived on a Saturday, he picked me up at the train station. It was a paid gig so I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. I was seventeen and my uncle Donnie had invited me to stay at his place for a couple of weeks and help him paint his house.