Pity the Living, Not the Dead by TL Travis

Author:TL Travis [Travis, TL]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance, Paranormal
Publisher: Sapphire Publishing
Published: 2021-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

I should have known this would not go well. I’d given my family more chances than you could imagine to acknowledge me, to treat me like a real member of this family. But this — this was the last straw. If it weren’t for Elijah, I’d have run away the day after my birthday, but our chance meeting changed everything for me. Yet he was here. My rock. My hero. My love.

I glanced around my room, realizing once again that everything in it had been chosen by my mother. I’d never been comfortable enough to make the space my own. The bedding, the wall décor, even my clothes weren’t what I’d have selected if I’d gone shopping for these things myself. I loaded up my laptop, then grabbed what little clothes I wanted and put them in my luggage.

“Need some help?” Elijah’s welcome voice surprised me. He wrapped those arms in which I sought solace around me. I could finally breathe again. For so long, I had felt like an elephant sat on my chest and had walked on eggshells around my family. This ended tonight. Elijah was my breath of fresh air. My stability. My family.

“I’m sorry about them,” I apologized.

“Don’t ever apologize for them. They do not deserve it. If they are too blind to see what a wonderful, caring man you are, then they aren’t worth your time. Now tell me what you want to bring with us so we can get out of here and start our life together.”

I pointed out what was going and what was staying, and in a matter of minutes, we had my messenger bag, two pieces of luggage, and a duffle bag filled. One last scan of the room and I discovered that what remained was not really me and held no place in my new life. This was now my past, and not a pleasant one at that. “That’s it, let’s go.”

We walked downstairs virtually unnoticed until my mother came around the corner. “Liam,” she said, tears streaming down her face. “I’m so sorry. I never thought. I never realized. I’m sorry.” She cried unconsolably.

“Momma,” I said, dropping the luggage to hug her. “I’ll make sure you and Liv have Elijah’s number so you can check in with him on my progress. They said my immune system will be weakened even more than it already is, so I’ll be in the ICU and won’t be allowed visitors for my own safety.”

She nodded and turned to Elijah. “You take good care of my baby boy, Elijah.”

“I promise I will,” Elijah assured her, and I knew without a doubt his words were true.

Elijah and I hugged Olivia, who was standing nearby. She took one of the bags from him and walked out with us. “Please, update me daily. Call or text me even if there is no news. I need to hear from you. I need to know you’re okay,” she said to both of us.

“We will. I’ll text you Elijah’s number, so you have it.

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