The Layers of the Lie

Rafa came to America for a scholarship, not a secret.

He expected college to be difficult. He did not expect a cramped dorm room, a half-dressed wrestler, one shared desk, and a girlfriend who seemed to already own half the space.

Jeremy Walker is everything campus wants him to be: loud, magnetic, untouchable. A freshman wrestler with the body of an athlete, the smile of someone used to being watched, and a secret he cannot afford to name.

Rafa knows better than to get involved.

But in a room too small for lies, distance becomes impossible.

Now Rafa has to decide what hurts more: wanting someone he cannot have, or realizing Jeremy might want him too.