Chapter 19
Sam stared at the closed door, mouth open. Unlovable? Unlovable? Christ, if he loved the man anymore he would die of it. He was leaving him because he loved him…
Sam rubbed awkwardly at the pain in his chest and tried to process what he had said, tried think about it from Tristan’s point of view. Tristan who had no mother, felt rejected by his father, whose struggle with his needs set him apart from the rest of the world, from his peers and his family. Who, it seemed, clearly saw himself as not worthy of love. Sam had given him those words once but they had been a dreadful untruth. A ploy. He remembered the look of unspeakable vulnerability in Tristan’s eyes when he had said it, and the look of pain when he had overheard Gareth say it was a lie. He sank back into the chair and
