ever gone out of your way to find them. You hate the bar and you never go
out. Your circle of friends is way too small. It must be someone at work.
Am I warm or cold? You might as well tell me. You never keep secrets from
me. Come on. If there is someone, I should know, because then I’ll have to
be even more careful. If someone saw you and said something to anyone
and it got back to my mom—”
“Have you ever considered just telling her that you are the master of your
own freaking body and future, and that your dick is yours to do with and
you should be able to put it where you want, when you want, with who you
want, for as long as you want?” she snapped.
“I have thought about it,” Shane said sarcastically as he popped the car
into first. He had to be gentle this time, since there was a car in front of
them that he’d rear end if he peeled out like he enjoyed doing. “But then I
also thought that it would break her heart and she’d give me no peace, not
that she does already,
but it would be even worse, and I’d hate to disappoint
her, even if it is unnatural and I should grow a set of stones and grow up
and yada, yada, yada. In the end, I decided that I’d like to make her proud
and happy, even if it is a lie, instead of seeing her worried sick and putting
herself into an early fucking grave or something that I’ll have to feel guilty
about for the rest of my life. Which is why I was introduced to you through
our mutual friend who knew of my dilemma and also knew of your
dilemma, which is also why we’re here now. I could ask you if you’ve ever
decided to come clean to your family and tell them that it’s your choice who
you love and that they should accept you and love you anyway, but I’m not
going to do that, because that’s your business, not mine, and I can’t force
you to be ready, any more than you can force me to thin that marriage is a
good idea.”
“It’s not a good idea,” Kiera grumbled. “Relationships are generally
garbage. They’re designed to fall apart, just like all the shit technology out