Chapter 10The trip to their camp spot was tense and the long silences were only broken by the radio station Euan played. He didn’t want to ask questions Gregg wasn’t ready to answer, but at the same time he was desperate to find out why the man who’d been his best friend for so long hadn’t felt able to confide in him.
When they reached the camp spot, they pitched their tent, and set up the primus stove, but neither of them was inclined to do any more. Gregg sat opposite Euan, looking as miserable as Euan felt.
Finally Euan couldn’t wait only longer. “So you ready to tell me? Just be honest with me.”
“Okay. My father, I’m sure you won’t be surprised to hear, is a rabid homophobe. He rules mine and my mom’s lives with a rod of iron. Always has.”
“So you couldn’t be open.” Euan could appr
