"It's Sharon's first semi-free night in a year and a half ... she's on call but she said it's unlikely she'll be called in, so I said we'll have dinner with her on Friday. Is that okay with you?"

"Which Sharon is this?"

"The one I've known since Grade 4."

"Oh, okay ... Yeah, why not."

I'm taking P to meet one of my oldest friends. Or, should it be the other way round?

One small step toward "coming out" into the open.