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You are who you are, and I love the person you are. If you’re gay, you’ve been gay this whole time, and I loved you then, so I’ll love you now.”
“You’ve given him a lot of space in here. Take care of your heart, Son, because that boy in the kitchen is most of it.”
“He’s right. You walked into our lives, and we knew you were ours even then.”
“I didn’t do it for you. I did it for Zach and because I wanted to spend time with him,” he says pointedly, clearly not happy with my choice of words.
“He’s gone, baby. I promise you’re safe now. Come back to me… I promise I’ll be right here with you.” Baby. He’s never called me baby before.
“Pretty boy? Are you saying I’m pretty?” He rolls his eyes. “Yes, I’m saying you’re pretty.”
“No, I don’t want to hear it. You didn’t tell her about me, and you replaced me in your bed so easily. Maybe she can take over now, and you can kiss her! Make love to her!” Mom’s gasp reminds me that my entire family is standing here, and I just blurted that out in front of them. Brady’s face hasn’t left mine, total anguish there.
“Now that you’ve helped him with his firsts, if he wants to date and find another guy, how are you going to feel about that?” “It’s not happening,” I blurt out. Even the thought of another man touching him, touching him like I have, makes me insane. “Why? If you only wanted firsts, why can’t he move on?” “Because he’s mine!”
Before following Kelly inside, I pat Connor’s chest, too. “Watch Ruger and Honey for me while I go get my boyfriend.”