She’d been keeping it secret for so long, and she wasn’t really sure why any longer. At one point in her life, her fears of rejection wouldn’t have been unfounded. But now… now things were different. There was no reason not to tell them. Except that finding the right words were difficult.
No. The words were easy enough. It would only take three. It wasn’t finding the right words to say. It was finding the right time to tell them. Finding the right time to reveal everything.
All of her friends knew of course. They’d known for years. There was only a small group of people left to tell. The most important group of people.
The people whose reactions meant everything to her.
And she was a coward. (more…)