Chapter 15
“He must have done something pretty serious.” Lucas said it like a statement, not as though he was fishing for information. But weirdly enough, I felt like I should tell him something.
I didn’t know him well enough to know how he’d react to the truth. Considering how close he was with Dan, who was in a relationship with Vincent, I figured he wouldn’t have too big a problem with the homosexual aspect. But I hadn’t said it out loud to anyone except my sister, and to do so now made me wary. Since in the end he wasn’t really asking, all I said was “Yeah.”
A beat of silence and then he blew out a breath. “That sucks.”
His matter-of-fact delivery surprised a small laugh out of me. I shook my head in amusement. “Yeah, it does.”
“Keep doing the best you can.” Lucas gave me a smile and stood. He brushed off his jeans, then clapped me on the shoulder good-naturedly, turned, and headed off back down the beach toward the house.