Undisclosed Desires

Chapter 8

"So what is troubling you so you thought you would visit me brother dearest?"

Murdoch and Mina sat in the large gardens of the home, right by the fountain just like they used to do when they were little. Murdoch had taken off his jacket and lay it beside him as they sat across a blanket she had brought out along with a picnic basket with various fruits and drinks. Mina was five years younger than her brother and he couldn't help but gaze upon his 25 year old sister. Her feminine looks and soft spoken nature fooled any poor soul who would dare to hurt her.

Murdoch couldn't help but let out a small sigh as he leaned back on his hands, feeling the soft grass beneath his fingertips "well...before I say anything please don't judge me"

Mina frowned at her brother "I would never judge you William" leaning forward she entwined their hands "never"

Smiling Murdoch continued "well I've been involved in a relationship, if you can call it that, with a rather...complicated person" gazing across his sister who was currently chewing her strawberry "when I'm around them my mind is jumbled yet clear, my heart beats faster with every step they come closer and when I'm around them I find myself smiling and laughing"

Mina smiled softly "So what's the problem, wait, it's not Julia is it? Because William that woman is a dreadful snob"

Rolling his eyes "No It's not Julia" gulping nervously his rubbed his palms against the grass "well he's a criminal"

Nodding slowly it took a second for it to register with Mina before she let out a loud laugh causing her to fall back and cover her mouth in glee "O brother, was it the fact he's a man or he's a criminal did you think would bother me" she continued to giggle

"I must say I wasn't expecting this reaction" he smiled

"O William I don't care your homosexual, I love you"

Murdoch seemed to relax and let out a laugh of his own "so you see my predicament"

Nodding sadly she gave him a sweet smile "not only do you like a man but a criminal at that, well I must say brother you don't do things with a half heart"

He laughed and lay on his back, gazing at the blue sky watching the clouds go by, his sister joined him and moved closer to their arms touched "I don't know what to do Mina"

Turning her head she gazed across her brother's frowned face, sympathy and anger surged through her, her brother was a kind and gentle man who always helped others and yet the simple fact of him being homosexual would cause him to retire a position he has worked so hard to achieve in disgrace "tell me about him"

So William sat there and told her all about James Gillies a name she had become familiar with in the papers, he told her how he had first kissed him, how he had completely captivated him by his personality and wit. Mina liked this James Gillies, not just because for the first time her brother had found someone he could be himself around, but he had tried to kill Julia Ogden twice. Mina didn't like the Dr one bit, she had met her once by accident while walking the Toronto markets, she had been visiting her brother six years previously when she spotted the woman at station house 4. She had heard the conversation between her brother and the Dr and it seemed this woman was stubborn and not the good kind. The kind which said this is my way or no way.

She knew this Julia was no good for her brother so Mina was relieved to this James Gillies he had managed to capture the attention of her brother rather than Julia.

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With a hug to his sister he had promised to visit her sometime in the week, he had deeply missed her.