Chapter Seventeen
Coming out to his folks had been, by far, the most difficult thing Steve had ever done. The irony that his father, to whom he’d never felt particularly close, was the one who’d accepted the news without even flinching struck Steve at his core. His mother and he had always maintained a very close relationship. His three older brothers hung out with Dad. They were the ones who liked all the typical, manly activities like sports and hunting. Steve had bonded with his mom. They shopped together, spent time in the kitchen cooking and baking, watched sappy romantic comedies side-by-side on the living room sofa, and they went to church together. Always. She knew him better than anyone. How is it that she could not have seen?
Maybe his dad had always suspected. It was obvious t
