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"'I've been trying to meet with Mr. Berry,' continues Pia.   'I've called his office, cell, home, every number I have for him, and there's no answer.   I went to his home and his husband doesn't know where he is.'"

Mr. Berry was Celestine's lawyer for the Guild trial.   He also is a somewhat pivotal character despite having little page time.   Another boy from Celestine's school was mentioned as having sex with boys, but there was no indication in his character that he was gay or straight until then; he was just a mean boy being used to push Celestine into an impossible situation.   The boy was acting with three other characters, and there was no flamboyant behavior, nor any indicators that he was gay. 

It's the same with Mr. Berry.   This is casually dropped into the conversation as Pia, a reporter, talks to Celestine about finding Mr. Berry.  I about anything will be made out of it.   When Mr. Berry was working with Celestine, he also had no indicators/flamboyant behavior.   He was very serious about his job, and that was probably his most striking, and prominent, characteristic.   

He spoke to her as a client.   He showed no sexual interest, and made no moves on anyone, nor did he make any flirty comments.   He didn't need to.   He was working and he took his work seriously.   

Actually, thinking back on it, I think I assumed asexual, because he was so uninterested in anything but work, and he had seemed to build his life around that.   I think it was the lack of any interest at all in anyone that made me think that.   He's clearly gay, though.     I kinda like how casually this was dropped into, and in the same way as if his wife couldn't find him.   It was simply important to the story and if not, it wouldn't have been mentioned.   

Onto the next hundred+ pages.   I saw somewhere this was Flawed #1, so I am hoping so much for a sequel.   Please?

Nothing on Ahern's site.   Yeah, that's right, I cared enough to go to her site.