Only His Touch: A Gay Love Story by Elsa Winters

Author:Elsa Winters [Winters, Elsa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zirconia Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2017-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

Carrying two fresh cups of coffee, he made his way toward the living and froze, stopped by the door, listening.

“—hasn’t been back to therapy for months,” Ricky was saying, as if he had any fucking right to inform Emma.

Emma sighed. “Have you tried talking to him about it?”

“Won’t listen. What can I do? It’s not like I can force him.”

“No, but… What about his memory?”

“Still doesn’t remember any of it. He knows what happened, but he says he can’t see it. I don’t even think he remembers him,” Ricky said, voice lowering, as though mentioning him would summon him to the living room.

“He really should be seeing his therapist about it.”

“I’ve tried to explain that he’ll never be able to move on until he remembers what happened and deals with it, but…”

“Seems he’s doing okay with the moving on part, though,” Emma said, her tone knowing. “Why didn’t you tell me he was seeing someone?”

“It’s still early. I’m not really sure it’s going to last. I mean, there are a lot of issues there. You’d need to have the patience and understanding of a saint to have a relationship with him.”

A hot flood of anger coiled in Kurt’s belly and the cups shook in his hands. He swallowed, grit his teeth, resisted bursting into the living room and demanding to know why Ricky presumed he had the right to have an opinion on anything, let alone on his relationship.

“This guy seems good for him, though,” Emma said, sounding as though she was trying to be persuasive. Like Ricky needed convincing, because apparently it mattered what he thought. “Have you seen how happy he looks?”

“For now,” Ricky said darkly. “When it all comes crashing down, who’s gonna be the one picking up the pieces?”

Emma sighed again. “You’re a good friend, Ricky. He’s so lucky to have you.”

Kurt pushed open the door, didn’t want to hear anything else they had to say about him. He pasted on a smile and deliberately avoided meeting Ricky’s eye. Emma he could vaguely understand—she’d been the center of his whole world once, and now she was on the outskirts looking in. It was only natural that she would be both curious and concerned. Ricky, though. Just because he knew every detail of Kurt’s life, it didn’t give him the right to divulge them. It was as though the guy had never heard of confidentiality. Kurt had been confiding in him all this time. He had no idea Ricky had been transferring that information to Emma.

“Here, I made some fresh coffee for everyone,” he said, putting the cups down on the table. He made a concerted effort to keep his voice light. “You staying long, Em?”

“No, we’re taking advantage of the free weekend. Vincent’s driving us down to the coast.” She smiled, then pointed at the window. “He’s just waiting for me in the car now.”

“He could’ve come in.”

She raised an eyebrow. “After the last time you and he came face-to-face?”

“I wasn’t in a good mood then,” he grumbled.

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