Family Obligations by Vivien Dean & Rick R. Reed

Author:Vivien Dean & Rick R. Reed [Reed, Vivien Dean and Rick R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63533-199-8
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2016-12-26T05:00:00+00:00

December 28, 1979

Dear Mark,

I tore into your letter as soon as I pulled it out of the mailbox. I needed to know then and there if I’d made a complete ass of myself and you were telling me to go away. When I saw that I hadn’t, I smiled, my first real smile in a long time. But then I got to the part about your son, and my grin turned into a cheer that was loud enough to wake up Mrs. Peterson in 1B. She works nights and sleeps a lot during the day. I had to apologize profusely, then escape to my apartment to read your letter again.

Congratulations! I am so thrilled to hear about your son. I know how badly you always wanted kids of your own, and to hear that he’s strong and healthy and handsome is even better. You deserve that more than anyone I know. You were always great with kids, just like I know you’re probably a fantastic pediatrician now, so it’s only right that you are blessed with your own.

I hope you don’t continue to feel that writing me is a betrayal, though. It’s not. Anyone with eyes, and probably anyone without them, can see what Tate means to you. Nothing you could ever feel for me will ever change that. He’s the luckiest boy in the world because he has you as a father, and he’s going to grow up so loved and so supported. But I also know that Sharon loves him just as much as you do. Maybe your marriage isn’t anything more than a respectful friendship anymore, but the truth is, Sharon is a wonderful person, generous and kind as well as so many other things. Sure, I’m jealous she’s the one who gets to share your life, but that doesn’t mean I don’t recognize you chose to marry a woman with a lot of admirable qualities. You wouldn’t have settled for anything less. You deserve only the best.

Is it asking too much for you to send a picture of you and Tate together? I would love to have one.

Now that we’re back in contact, I want it to stay that way. Just getting to hear from you and to talk to you like this has brightened my week in ways you can’t imagine. I feel stronger. You make me stronger, even when there are so many miles separating us. But whether you meant it to or not, your letter erased the distance between our hearts, and that is worth the world. I can put up with just about anything if I can hear from you. I know the broad strokes of your life, but call me greedy, I want the details too. Let me be your outlet. Someone you can tell all those fears and secrets you’re keeping bottled up, the ones you fear will leak over into your marriage and spoil your relationship with your son. I can be a much better therapist than that idiot all those years ago who tried telling you who you were.

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