Love in La Terraza by Day Ethan

Author:Day, Ethan [Day, Ethan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay & Lesbian
ISBN: 9781607355793
Publisher: Resplendence Publishing, LLC
Published: 2012-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Cain had done his best to prepare Henry for the meeting with his family, but Henry still appeared to be mildly shell-shocked. They were all staring, his parents, aunt, and cousin Charlie—who was visibly confused as to how Cain had landed such hottie. Henry was certainly on his best behavior if nothing else as the six of them, currently crammed around the dining room table in the modest, two-bedroom ranch which sat in a subdivision on the southeast side of town called Richwood—a baby boomers’ haven from back in the day.

It didn’t help matters that his parents suffered from a nasty affliction of low-grade hoarding, an unforeseen side effect of discovering the home shopping channels in the mid-nineties. Paul and Jean Elliott had shit crammed into every nook and cranny—much of it still in the unopened boxes it had originally been packaged in. It bordered on a sickness, one Cain continually threatened to treat with a match if they didn’t rein it in.

The antique china cabinet sitting along the west wall of the dining room was too large for the room as it was and stuffed so full Cain feared it might pop open at any time, killing them all in some sort of freak retail avalanche.

“He’s so tall!” Paul bellowed, looking Henry up and down.

The fact was made more evident as everyone in Cain’s family was short. Both Cain and Charlie towered over their parents at five foot, six inches. It would’ve been amusing to anyone on the outside looking in, like a pack of hobbits were hosting a dinner for the Jolly Green Giant.

Cain’s father and sweet little mother, who everyone referred to as Momma Jean, were each a bit on the round side—full figured as Momma Jean liked to say. Neither one of them seemed to age, looking exactly the same for as far back as Cain could remember. He’d begun to fear they’d made some sort of unholy union with Beelzebub, and while praying for their tainted, unholy souls, he crossed his fingers in hopes he’d age even half as well.

They’d nicknamed Cain “String Bean” as a child and, to this day, enjoyed whipping that one out at inopportune moments. His cousin, Charlie, had been dubbed “Lil’ Dumpling” as he’d been on the chunky side growing up. Cain could eat anything and never have it come back on him while Charlie had to work to stay fit, merely one more thing he resented Cain over—not that he’d ever cop to it.

Paul became suddenly more excited, blurting out, “We should all run out of the house screaming ‘giant!’ while Henry chases us around the yard! It’ll freak out the neighbors!”

Henry’s mouth opened, but nothing came out, as if he wasn’t sure whether or not Paul was being serious.

Cain placed his head in his hands, mortified.

His father had volunteered to help with their church’s annual July Fourth fireworks display, and the ringing in his ears hadn’t quite subsided. Apparently, none of the geniuses helping out had the forethought to bring ear plugs.

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