Married to the father of my child
“That you are so bitter, that you never smile, and that you are gay.
Gerald snorted and raised both eyebrows, taking another sip of his drink.
"Thank you," he said to the young man, and gave him a tip. The boy nodded and pocketed the bill. Gerald paid the bill and went home, confused, he had never cared before what people thought of him, perhaps because no one had had the courage to face him, as Myriam Bennett did.
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The next day Myriam showed up at Isis' house, she was no longer wearing the cast, but she was in rehabilitation therapy, so most of the time Myriam and Jeremy spent together, she helped him with homework, they played, they became attached to ease.