Emerald (Steele Investigations)
“I ask, looking right at her so she can see how serious and sincere I am.
“Yeah. Now I do, thanks to Elliott. But before he opened my eyes … No, I didn’t. I honestly thought I wasn’t worth anyone’s time or effort.”
“I’m glad you have Elliott,” I say as I reach across the table and give her hand a squeeze.
Tom fills Rae in on the story about his parents and his coming out, the same story he told me the first time we met. Then they look to me and I realize it must be my turn to share. Sudde...nly, I’m uncertain and I’m not sure what to share. I have to say something but I don’t want to say anything that will put them in danger.
“I didn’t grow up around here, I grew up…away,” oh crap now I’m stuttering. Shit.
“Uh, I’m an only child. My parents live away…I’ve never dated anyone,” I add the last part on a whisper and lower my head. I cannot believe I just told them that. They’re going think I’m the biggest dork and regardless of the fact I know I shouldn’t get too comfortable with the whole friendship thing, a small, okay, a large part of me, a selfish part of me, wants to live this life; the life where you share about your life, you can say or feel whatever you need to and they don’t judge, where you are accepted and loved despite or because of, your quirks, a life free of worries and danger. But that right there is the reason I only get this life for tonight.MoreLess
“Yeah. Now I do, thanks to Elliott. But before he opened my eyes … No, I didn’t. I honestly thought I wasn’t worth anyone’s time or effort.”
“I’m glad you have Elliott,” I say as I reach across the table and give her hand a squeeze.
Tom fills Rae in on the story about his parents and his coming out, the same story he told me the first time we met. Then they look to me and I realize it must be my turn to share. Sudde...nly, I’m uncertain and I’m not sure what to share. I have to say something but I don’t want to say anything that will put them in danger.
“I didn’t grow up around here, I grew up…away,” oh crap now I’m stuttering. Shit.
“Uh, I’m an only child. My parents live away…I’ve never dated anyone,” I add the last part on a whisper and lower my head. I cannot believe I just told them that. They’re going think I’m the biggest dork and regardless of the fact I know I shouldn’t get too comfortable with the whole friendship thing, a small, okay, a large part of me, a selfish part of me, wants to live this life; the life where you share about your life, you can say or feel whatever you need to and they don’t judge, where you are accepted and loved despite or because of, your quirks, a life free of worries and danger. But that right there is the reason I only get this life for tonight.MoreLess
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