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children: Amy Robles and husband Ramon and Clay D.

Ruby is survived by her husband of 45 years, Clay D. She is preceded in death by her father, W.A. Ruby worked as a secretary for the principal at Blocker Middle School for many years, then went to work at the Clinical Department for Cyberonics. She was born in Texas City, TX on June 10, 1951. Though your cuppa might go cold and the biscuit forgotten – mine were.Ruby Nell Bolen, 63, passed away on Augin Houston, TX. That little read to give you warm fuzzies before turning out the light, or that Sunday afternoon sat with a cuppa and biscuit – this is perfect. If you are after something to fill in an evening. My emotions were given enough of a workout, too. At just over 10k, for such a short story, I was enchanted. I was utterly sucked in by the unfolding conversations containing crossed wires, probing questions, awkwardness, and thudding hearts. Though there is intimacy, the story is not high on flames. ‘Always You’ focusses on one brief period, adds a little history and lets the rest play out. Where short stories are concerned, for me, less is more. So many short stories make the error of being distracted by adding too much. What makes this tale a success to me is that it doesn’t try to pack a lifetime into a few thousand words. So, the technical side of things must have been pretty good. Having said that, if something had stood out, I hope I would have picked up on it.

Technically, I can’t say I took that much notice because I was so engrossed by the story. It is told in the first person, present tense, from Thom’s viewpoint. I found ‘Always You’ to be an absolutely delightful read. When Lee comes home behaving weirdly, Thom worries about how their lives may be about to change. Thom has been in love with Lee since school. Thom and Lee have been living together since college and through their teaching careers. Lee is well known for being emotionally oblivious – he also has a girlfriend whose biological clock is ticking. Lee Conway has been Thom’s best friend since birth and is straight. Instead, he prefers his date to be a night in with Clint Eastwood starring in ‘The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly’. Thom Novak doesn’t date because that person wouldn’t be Lee. Has Lee learned how Thom feels about him? Will it mean the end of their friendship? Or is there another reason Lee needs time to think? A more … hopeful reason? When something happens to upset the status quo, Lee pulls away. But he’s never been known for being in contact with his emotions. Lee Conway loves sharing an apartment with Thom, his best friend since birth, and would be happy doing it for the rest of his life … no matter his current girlfriend’s opinion on the matter. But he’s willing to keep his feelings hidden, to do whatever it takes, as long as they stay friends forever. Thom Novak feels like a walking cliché: the gay guy desperately in love with his straight best friend, Lee.