Mack knows he is lucky. His father has been accepting and encouraging from the very moment Mack came out. Not everyone is that lucky.
One example is K. Mack is crushing big time on the tall basketball star. Mack loves to watch K play, and it's even better when in an early conversation K admits that he plays better when Mack is watching. Taking that as encouragement, Mack believes K might have feelings for him.
When they are alone together, things seem to be moving in a romantic direction, but K only opens up to Mack when they are in private situations. K finally admits that he is not out to his family and friends. He says the time isn't right, but he thinks he might be in love with Mack.
Mack's film director father announces they will be moving from London to Scotland for three months. Mack is furious about having to leave K just when their relationship is blossoming. The move to Scotland might be tolerable when Mack's father agrees to letting K and Mack visit back and forth on the weekends during the three month stretch.
Alternating visits doesn't work quite as well as they planned, but Mack thinks it might be fate. His budding friendship with the trans star of his father's movie means he isn't thinking about K nearly as often as he thought he would be. His feelings for Fin and Fin's return feelings are making time in Scotland interesting to say the least.
Dean Atta, author of THE BLACK FLAMINGO, has conjured up a romantic novel in verse that is sure to have readers turning pages to see who ends up with whom.
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