Max and Steve were construction workers in their thirties who had both worked on a large building three years ago. Max did welding and heavy lifting, Steve was a cement worker. Steve was married and on Fridays felt he needed a break from his life and would go out alone, sometimes just driving around. If there was a baseball game at the high school he might go sit in the bleachers. At times he’d stop at a Seven-Eleven, buy...

I had studied Spanish in high school and found I had a facility for it. I continued studying it over the years until I became bilingual. I later traveled extensively in Mexico. That is how I discovered this small town in north central Mexico. There was something about it that touched me, and I decided to move here. I was open about my sexuality, and was accepted by most people I came in contact with. My immediate neighbor...