14.2 Choice

He turned his head towards the boxer and smiled, grateful. She placed a hand on his lap and he grasped it tenderly. He too loved Dani like a mother. And he too would keep her close to him for the rest of his life.

-Thank you, Dani," he said in a voice tied with emotion.

She returned his gratitude with a wide, radiant smile. They stayed like that for a while, bathed in the filial emotion that bound them so intimately, then Yomo finally decided to speak.

-I met a boy, and I think I fell in love .... no I'm sure. It was quite lightning, I didn't realise anything... and by the time I realised it, it was too late."

He swallowed. It was the first time he had put into words what he was experiencing inside. The experience was difficult but he knew it was necessary. So he continued, his throat closing.