A Love Too Close
he paused, choosing the word, "you're beautiful, Annie. I just wondered how he—"
"Matteo is gay," I said simply.
Grey blinked. "Ah."
"He loved a girl once, a long time ago, and she broke something in him that he decided not to repair in that direction," I said. "He doesn't talk about it much. But after her he closed that door and he has never opened it again. He sees me as a sister. Completely and genuinely. There has never been anything else between us."
Grey nodded slowly, turning this over.
"What about your mom?" he asked, and his voice was gentler now, careful in the way of someone who has sensed they are walking toward something fragile. "You said she worked a lot. Where is she now?"
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