#Chapter 45: Bad Taste
Abby
“Adam… Are you cheating on me?”
The anticipation of what Adam is about to say feels like a giant pit in my stomach. He stares down at
his hands, his fingers worrying each other in the dim light of the bar.
“Abby,” his voice starts with a tremor, “I’m not cheating on you. I would never do something like that.
Not to anyone, and especially not to you.”
The sound of the soft jazz music I’ve got playing on the speakers almost seems to die down, replaced
by a poignant silence. I’m a little relieved, but not completely. In an odd way, I think that I almost wish
he was cheating on me. It would make things easier. But now, I think that it must only be an even more
complicated explanation, and whatever it is, I’m not sure if I’m ready for it.
“What is it, then?” I ask. Every fiber of my being is attuned to him, waiting.
Adam hesitates for a moment, raking a hand through his hair, a gesture I’ve come to associate with his
nervousness.
“I’m not into women.”
His words crash over me like a tidal wave. I struggle to keep my composure, trying to grasp what he’s
just admitted. My mind goes blank, and then rushes in with a barrage of thoughts.
Confusion, hurt, and disbelief lead the charge.
“You’re… g ay, Adam? And you knew all this time?”
Adam nods slowly. I feel like I’m drowning. “You knew all this time, and yet you still put a ring on my
finger,” I murmur, shaking my head in disbelief. This has got to be some kind of sick dream. “Why did
you get together with me so quickly, then?”
After a moment of tense pause, Adam speaks. “I got together with you so quickly because…” He sighs,
his voice barely above a whisper. “…It made my family happy. It was a way to keep my secret buried
deep.”
Tears well up, threatening to spill.
do this to me, of all
with remorse. “It wasn’t
suffocating. Being with you,
felt genuine. But as things progressed,
lie. A lie
I mutter, blinking away the tears that threaten to come.
not fair,” he murmurs. “And
kept telling myself that I could be happy with
to you, you made me laugh
that I could get over the other stuff and just
me happy.”
around us fades, and it’s just the two of
I want to rage at
the chains society can wrap around
expectations and norms.
speaking, words tumbling out. “I’m so, so sorry, Abby. I’ve been
not in the way you should be
romantic way you deserve.”
the heel of my hand into my eyes, trying to stem the tears. “Why didn’t
go on for
own emotions. “Fear,” he chokes out. “I was
person who made me
all weighs on me. “So, all this time,
his head, quickly, “No, not a lie. Distorted, yes. But I’ve cherished our moments, Abby.
I couldn’t offer you the
pang of sympathy. Here
his place. But at my expense? The juxtaposition
between us. The distant sounds of people passing by on
away. I feel like I’m trapped in a vacuum
engagement ring on my finger. The
wasn’t truly mine. With tears blurring my vision, I carefully slide
finality of the gesture not lost on
my palm, displaying the once treasured ring to Adam. He looks down,
same pain I feel.
voice c racks, and I can tell he’s struggling with
him, my tears now streaming down my face.
belong to me anymore.”
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