ANYA

That night I moved out of the house and back into my parents’. They were extremely angry at Shawn for leaving me and were terribly worried about how this was going to affect their reputation among our family and their friends.

I felt angry at them for only caring about themselves again. Angry at myself as well. I should’ve known this would happen. I should’ve known that it was a bad idea to ever even consider that maybe this man that I’ve known my whole entire life, the man I depended on, the man I cared about so much, needed in my life so much, would ever love me. He’s gay for goodness sake.

But yet I didn’t think that he’d reject me. That he’d give up everything we’d shared in these few months, everything that happened betwe...

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