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my parents and I’d probably be there now, filling out law
school applications and wishing I was anywhere else.”
“I didn’t—”
“You did. You talked me down. You told me to think about
it. I make impulsive decisions, trusting my feelings when I
should calm down first. I have two older brothers. I don’t
know if you knew that.”
“I can’t remember if you said something about them.”
“Yeah. The youngest one is thirty-two — eleven years older
than me. The other one is thirty-four. They’re both doctors.
They both have wives. My parents just expected me to fall into
that pattern of perfect normalcy. If it wasn’t bad enough that I
wanted to be an artist, they weren’t impressed when I came
out. To my dad, it was a headache for his career. I’m not sure
what my mom thought. Privately, she was probably relieved
that I was interested in anyone at all, but outwardly she’s
always gone with whatever my dad says.”
“You have a right to love who you want to love. The law
says so. It’s not just fanciful thinking.”
Emily nodded. “Still. I also wanted to thank you for giving
me a place to stay. I don’t know what I would have done. I
guess I would have gone to a friend’s house, but I’m not
entirely sure they would have been so happy to have me for an
extended time. We’re friends, but we’re not really best friends,
I guess.”
“I get that.”
Emily didn’t ask for more details about Dani’s life. She
didn’t expect her to reciprocate in kind, but she found herself
wanting to. She wanted to tell Emily about her past, no matter
how painful it was. But she just didn’t do things like that. She
