Phoenix Rising by Kimberly Gardner

Author:Kimberly Gardner [Gardner, Kimberly]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: MLR Press
Published: 2012-05-12T01:41:46+00:00

136 Kimberly Gardner

Jimmy drew back and stared at the mark. Had he done that?

Sometime this morning during their lovemaking, had he left that bite mark on Adam’s neck? Adam’s skin was so fair and he bruised so easily, it was certainly possible. Except that he was always so careful…

Even as he searched for an explanation, the awful truth beat like a drum in his head. Adam had been with someone else.

No. There had to be another explanation for that mark.

What other explanation, a little voice in Jimmy’s head asked.

You don’t know where he was last night. Or what he was doing.

Or with whom.

Maybe not. But Adam loved him, he’d said so. And Jimmy wanted so much to believe that, did believe it.

So maybe it’s true, the voice conceded. Maybe there is another explanation. So why not wake him up right now and ask him?

Because, what if the answer was one he didn’t want to hear?

Jimmy flopped over onto his back and stared up at the ceiling. Unbidden, an image of Daren Taylor came to him. The thousand watt smile, the sun-streaked hair, the model-perfect good looks. The two of them must have made a hell of a beautiful couple.

God, he didn’t want to think about it. But even if it wasn’t Daren Taylor, someone had left that mark on Adam’s neck.

He probably thought you didn’t want him, the voice in Jimmy’s head piped up, so he went out and found somebody who did. It’s your own fault.

Which was probably true whether he wanted to admit it or not. But Adam was his, goddamn it, and he was not giving up so easily, not without a fight.

He could do this. He would do it. He would come out, all the way out and be with Adam openly and damn the consequences.

He’d already begun the process, he’d told Stephanie and the sky hadn’t fallen. He hadn’t been struck by lightning. It would be fine. It had to be.

Suddenly restless, Jimmy turned over and swung his feet over the edge of the bed.

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