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This is the fifth short story in the Amazon Original Stories Inheritance Collection and is by far my favorite of the three I have read.

Jack is a forty-ish Korean gay man who is dating 32-year-old Caleb, a white man. Gay marriage has just been legalized. Jack and Caleb attend their first gay wedding, an obviously new concept to Jack, which gets him thinking if that is something he would eventually like. A bit later the couple attends a second wedding, this one a heterosexual wedding between Jack’s close college friend Scott (a man who still occupies a significant place in Jack’s heart, particularly after a short sexual affair) and a Korean woman. This wedding has an entirely different and much more entangled effect on Jack.

This tale really struck a chord with me, and I quickly connected with Jack. Over a short time frame we are privy to Jack’s inner workings as he tries to figure out his complex feelings surrounding Caleb, Scott, ethnicity, homosexuality, misunderstandings, and the meaning of his relationships. I do wish the author had devoted a whole novel to this character—I found him fascinating and didn’t want the story to end.

Mr. Chee is a wonderful writer. I immediately went to his author page to see what else he has written as I definitely want to read him again. Thanks to the Amazon Original Stories Inheritance Collection for introducing me to this author.