Epilogue
Max- Nine Months Later
“Diego, Hector, place the wardrobe in that corner.” Jude pointed, and the two men did as he asked. They’d recently begun seeing each other, so despite the estrangement from my family, I saw my cousin frequently. He was always spending the night with Hector, and though he didn’t say it, I suspected the family gave him a hard time too.
I’d discovered that most of my family had been more homophobic than I’d originally thought. It was easy for them to be gay friendly as long as I was single. For years it had been fine for me to hang out with gay friends, and go to gay bars and gatherings, but once I actually had a flesh and blood boyfriend, reality slapped them in the face. The few times I’d gone back to the house to check on Mom and my Aunt, everyone had kep
