Chapter 64

He’s got bad memories too. I knew it. Somehow, I just knew it.

“I was raised an only child by a father cast in the German officer paradigm, a martinet to end them all. Whatever I did was never good enough. I finally gave up trying. Telling him I was gay was my ultimate revenge. I thought he’d have a stroke. Of course he disowned me. It’s been a lonely road since then. Really it always was. I’ve had lovers, but they’ve never stayed around, never really touched me. Somehow, you’re different.”