Chapter 4Having Aiden in his life is changing Beto. He wants to work on taking down all the walls he has constructed over the years, both with Aiden and everyone. But it isn’t easy work. When he and Aiden are alone Beto can talk to him about anything. Though when out in public, the couple of evenings they have spent in a bar or getting dinner somewhere, Beto feels himself closing off even when he fights not to. Aiden is good about it, which only makes Beto know more guilt.
Worst of all is how he behaves when the crew asks about Aiden. There are words he knows excitement for the thought of letting out, but every time they rise up to be spoken, overwhelming fear shoves them back. He has grown so much in his thinking in recent years, yet still reacts like this? It’s pathetic. For every crew
