The Glory ( Freen❣️Becky)

29 ( I am gay )

Freen followed behind Nam's car, the windshield wipers swooshing intermittently as the light rain continued. She glanced over at Heidi, who was watching her with a smile that Freen knew all too well. That smile and the hand that brushed back and forth across her thigh-indicated only one thing.

"I've missed you," Heidi said. "I thought if we came here, you wouldn't be able to run away this time."

Freen raised her eyebrows. "So this was your idea?" She had thought perhaps Nam had planned this.

"Oh, we had too much wine the other night. It seemed like a good idea at the time," Heidi said with a laugh.

"So where are you staying?"

"Tee found a nice hotel over on Broadway." Heidi's fingers pressed down against her thigh. "There doesn't seem to be much nightlife in this town, though."

Freen shook her head. "No, there's not much."

"Guess we'll have to find some other way to kill time then," Heidi said with a seductive smile.

Freen wanted to feel something. She really did. But Heidi's touch meant nothing to her, and she wasn't going to pretend otherwise. She slowed, turning down a side street and finally pulling to a stop.

"We should talk," she said.

"Talk?" Heidi's hand slid higher along her thigh. "Freen, I assure you, I didn't drive five hours to talk."

"I'm sorry if you came here with the expectation that we'd sleep together," she said. "I've tried to be honest with you from the start."

"Yes, I know. Just sex. And I was honest with you too. I'm not looking for a relationship, Freen. If I was, it wouldn't be with you."

"Yes, you've been brutally honest about that," Freen said dryly.

Heidi smiled. "But the sex? We did that pretty well, if I remember."

Freen stared out the window, watching the rain as it came down harder now. She was tired. Tired of the games, tired of pretending. Tired of it being just sex.

"I'm sorry," Freen said again. "I've...I've changed. And I don't want to sleep with you."

Heidi stared at her, the seductive smile fading from her face. "She's very beautiful. Are you still in love with her?" Freen raised her eyebrows, surprised by her assumption. "Nam told me about you and Becky. About your past." Heidi finally withdrew her hand from Freen's thigh. "So? Are you?"

Freen let out a deep breath, unable to run from the truth. "Yes. Yes, I am."
Heidi gave a short laugh. "Wow. I didn't think you'd actually admit it. In love with a married woman? To put it bluntly, that must suck."

Freen pulled back into traffic. She had no intention of discussing her feelings for Becky with Heidi. She again turned onto Broadway, heading to their hotel. Nam and Tee were waiting in the lobby for them.

"Get lost?" Nam said with a smile. "Or happy to see each other?"

"Hardly," Heidi said dryly. "We'll be lucky if we can talk her into having dinner with us."

"Well, we have plenty of time before dinner," Tee said. "Let's go to the bar. We can sit and visit," she suggested, her gaze alternating between Heidi and Freen.

Freen nodded. "Sure."

"I need to run up to my room," Heidi said. "I want to change shoes. I stepped in a puddle."

Freen didn't miss the look Nam gave Tee so she wasn't surprised to hear Tee offer to go with her.

"Let's get a table," Nam suggested. Early afternoon on a Sunday, the bar was nearly empty. Nam chose a table the farthest away from two men watching a baseball game.