I waited with baited breath.
Elena had been so brazen that she had actually confronted Coach and threatened to report him for giving me special treatment, accusing him of having a s****l relationship with me.
Now Coach hesitated, seeming very much like he was about to share my true secret. It would hurt if he did, and it would ruin everything for me. But I’d understand.
Coach had to choose between my life and his.
“I would never be interested in any of you in that way,” Coach said.
Elena crossed her arms, disbelief etched all over her face. “You have no way of proving that, Coach.”
“Yes, I do,” he said. He took a breath. “I’m gay.”
Silence fell over the entire gymnasium. Even Elena had been stunned speechless.
I was totally shocked. All the secrets I had shared with Coach, I had
