Love on the Hudson by KD Fisher

Author:KD Fisher [Fisher, K.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: NineStar Press, LGBT, contemporary, friends to lovers, second chance love, coming out, artist, farmer, family drama, hurt/comfort, in the closet, coming out
Publisher: NineStar Press
Published: 2019-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Nick

June

The brown, alien-like form crawls over the tomato leaf, finally settling far too comfortably on the silvery stem. I stare at the insect for a long moment, trying to think of some benefits stink bugs may offer the ecosystem. The gross, rotten cilantro scent it emits prevents it from being a popular food source for birds. In the looks department it’s no great shakes, mottled brown and vaguely creepy. And they are an invasive species. So it’s nothing but a pest. An awful pest that, along with its friends, is invading my fragile, newly transplanted tomato seedlings. I pluck the bug from the stem and stomp on it, maybe too aggressively, with the toe of my boot. I’ll have to ask Hector what he thinks about applying some Kaolin clay to this bed. And the adjacent squash and herb beds too. Damn bugs.

Out in the orchard Jenna and Hector chat away, their voices distorted by the distance and breeze. Jenna has been in an uncommonly chipper mood over the past few weeks since she and Anna started hanging out. Jenna doesn’t let on much, only says Anna is cool, and funny, and other positive generic traits. But every time I see her she’s smiling and kind of spacing out, which seems like a good sign. When I mentioned the potential double date, she was pretty excited about the idea of going kayaking. But with late spring comes the height of planting and the start of weeding and the influx of pests, meaning Hector, Jenna, and I finish each day so exhausted we can barely haul ourselves up onto the porch for a beer or glass of lemonade. We really should hire someone else.

The nights David has come over I’ve been so exhausted I’ve made lousy company, spacing out during dinner and dozing off right after sex. I’m pissed at myself for being such a terrible boyfriend. After the night Dan and Johnnie saw us outside the restaurant in Kingston we sort of defaulted to spending time at my place again. I know I should bring it up, talk the whole thing over with David. Honestly I should come out, once and for all, so I don’t have to worry. But anytime I think about sitting down with my parents and telling them the truth, I want to scrunch up from the tight discomfort blooming in my gut.

I have to remind myself that I did do at least one good boyfriend thing over the last month. David mentioned his dad was griping about feeling trapped around the house, so I’d invited them over for dinner. I even made a vegetarian, low-salt meal that managed to satisfy all Dr. Webster’s new and old dietary restrictions. David told me his dad was doing much better, that he was becoming more self-sufficient for daily tasks, and that his strength and outlook had improved a lot from being able to take short walks outside.

But Dr. Webster was so different from the man I’d known that I could barely believe it was him.

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