About Hard Choices: Thanksgiving

by Winnie Jerome
26 pages / 7000 words
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In this sequel to “Hard Choices”, Todd brings his partner Shane over for Thanksgiving. As things go from bad to worse, poor Todd wonders if the situation will ever get better. Can he convince his family to leave well enough alone?

Sample

Thanksgiving, 1987

"Hi Mom," Julie said. "Sorry we're a little late, traffic was horrible."

Mrs. Haynes looked just at Julie and said, "Oh, come on in, you must be freezing out there."

Well, that was a positive thing -- Mom didn't slam the door in their faces. Once they'd gotten inside, Todd saw his Dad's imposing figure. "Hi Dad."

"Hi there." Todd noticed that his father wasn't making eye contact with Shane and he mentally cringed.

Any further conversation was drowned out because Todd's mom started fussing over his and Julie's coats. Todd noticed that she was avoiding talking to Shane, so he swallowed and cleared his throat. It was now or never.

"Mom, Dad?" When she looked up, he bit his lip because the expression on her face was guarded and tense. He took another deep breath and put a hand on Shane's shoulder. "This is Shane."

Shane extended his hand. "Nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Haynes."

Both of them shook without saying a word back, which made Todd cringe on the inside even more. At least his parents weren't treating Shane like he had the bubonic plague. Yet.