Owl's Slumber: A hurtcomfort MM romance (Trials of Fear Book 1) by Nicky James

Author:Nicky James [James, Nicky]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2018-05-24T04:00:00+00:00

12

Aven

“An invitation? In the mail? Mom, do you know how incredibly impersonal that is? I’m her brother for crying out loud. Don’t I deserve to know these things in advance? Genevieve not telling me doesn’t surprise me, but you could have told me she was getting married.”

“Aven, it’s not my news to share. If your sister wanted to announce it through invitations that is her prerogative.”

I slammed said invitation on the kitchen table and leaned heavily on the counter, trying not to crush my phone in my hand with the tension building in my muscles. “Are all the family finding out like this?” I asked through gritted teeth.

“I don’t know, Aven. I don’t pry into my children’s lives. How am I to know who she talks to?”

I knew that tone. She’d been covering for my sister and her ignorant behavior for years. There was a time she also covered for her husband’s, too, but those days were gone.

“How long have you known?”

“Aven…”

“Mom, the wedding is five months away. You don’t plan a wedding overnight. How long have you known?”

She sighed on the other end of the line. “A year and a half.”

I dropped the phone from my ear and ran my fingers through my hair. A year and a fucking half? Genevieve and I had never been close, but to be blatantly left out hurt. And it wasn’t like I hadn’t seen her in all that time. We’d just been together for Dominique’s funeral a month and a half ago.

“How come my invitation is for only me? Isn’t it respectful to say ‘and guest’ when inviting someone? Especially when that someone is family?”

There was silence on the other end of the line. Gaping silence. The kind that carried a depth and ominous nature that spoke of foreboding.

“Genevieve would prefer you didn’t bring anyone.”

And there it was. The sucker punch to the gut. “That’s not fair.”

“Aven, you know it would only cause problems. You know how your dad’s side of the family is.”

“He was not my dad. He never earned that title. I should be allowed to invite my boyfriend to be my date to my sister’s wedding like a normal human being. I’m not ashamed of who I am, and it isn’t my fault I’m surrounded by a family full of homophobic assholes. If she wants me there, I’m bringing a date, or I’m not coming.”

If my sister had heard my threat, she’d have brushed it off and told me good riddance, but I knew my mother wouldn’t do that. I loved the woman to death because she had supported me and accepted me, but it was silent support. When the harsh words and snide looks began to pour off the people who called themselves family, she pretended she didn’t see or hear them.

“I didn’t know you had a boyfriend.”

I pinched the bridge of my nose and fell into a kitchen chair. It was after eight on a Thursday evening, and I’d just got home from work. I was tired, hungry, and in no mood to deal with the same battles I’d been fighting for twenty years.

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