“You look happy,” Sarah said when Rob walked into the shop later that morning.
“I am.” Rob took a deep breath. “I have something to tell you. I hope you don’t take it amiss.”
“Amiss?” She seemed amused at the word.
“Okay, I agree, that was a bit pretentious. Anyway, you know the address I put down on my employment form? It wasn’t a lie. I do live there, but it wasn’t supposed to be permanent. I was going to find an apartment I could afford and move out. But that’s not what I’m trying to tell you. I’m going to keep living there and, well…” He realized he was rattling on, afraid of how she would react to the rest of what he wanted to tell her. “Anyway, I’m gay and so is he and we might be moving on from being friends to something more but that’s not certain but we might be. If that bother
