Andre Bezerra’s Reviews > Holding the Man > Status Update

There was stuff I felt I could never bring up, for fear John would say I was undermining his positive thinking. But the play had given me courage.
‘Do you think you are going to die from AIDS?’
‘Probably.’
‘How does it feel?’
‘Scary.’
We spoke of our fears for ourselves and for each other. How long did we think we had? Was he going to die before me? He wanted to know it all.