BOOK ONE
Coming out was supposed to set Julian free. Instead, it left him with a broken arm, a mother who won't stop preaching, and a silence that grows heavier every day.
High school feels like a cage, and Julian is certain he doesn't belong anywhe...
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I bit my lips, his mouth opening before he uttered the only thing that made sense to me, "God loves all his children, right?"
Paul hit my shoulder lightly, his fingers curling around the sign and lifting it back up, smiling at me before turning around and holding it higher, his back flexing in the sun through his fitted t-shirt.
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Julian (Jules) Douglas:: preacher's kid, star student, athletically gifted. Paul (Pauly) Jones:: couch-hopper, taking a break before college, artistic genius.
"I don't believe being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or straight is a choice, nor are you born that way. I'd like to believe that whatever happens, happens." -t.d.