Force of Nature by Kim Baldwin

Author:Kim Baldwin [Baldwin, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781602822979
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, Inc.
Published: 2005-09-15T04:00:00+00:00

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They didn’t talk much on the ride home in the Jeep. Erin insisted on driving, and Gable was happy to let her. She was preoccupied thinking about what Carl had said. You’d be a lot happier if you at least told her you were gay.

Would she? Attempting to be rational, she weighed the pros and cons of coming out to Erin.

If you tell her, it could change things. That was her greatest fear—that telling Erin would irreparably harm their friendship. No matter how cool she appears to be, you just never know how someone’s going to react. She might treat you very differently once she knows you’re gay. Gable didn’t think it was likely that Erin would completely turn her back on their friendship, though she’d heard of that happening to others. But she might stop confiding in you. Start keeping you at arm’s length. Do you want to chance that? Risk the closest, dearest friendship you might ever have?

She stole a glance at Erin, who was singing along with the radio, tuned to a station that played familiar classic pop tunes. It was easy to tell she was musically inclined—she always sang harmony to the theme, usually a perfect fifth below or above the melody.

If you tell her, you’re going to have to work even harder not to let on how you feel about her. You’ll have to be on guard all the time. Gable stared out the window. But not forever, she amended. Just until you get over wanting to rip her clothes off.

She glanced at Erin again. Erin felt eyes on her, and turned to smile.

The longer you keep this from her, the harder it will be to tell her. And you will have to tell her someday. You know you will. You can’t dance around it forever. Your evasions will trip you up, or she’ll find out some other way—maybe by accident. Gable’s mind flashed again to the flirtatious nurse.

If you wait to tell her, or if she finds out on her own…she’ll be really hurt. She’ll think you didn’t trust her. Gable sighed. The bottom line is, you just hate lying to her. Carl was right about that, wasn’t he? You won’t feel right until you’re honest with her.

They pulled into her driveway.

Okay, so you’re going to tell her. Now you just have to decide when. And how.

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