Shakespeare's Landlord
“I said.“Of course I do,” Marshall said. “We’re never moving beyond where we are now unless I know that.”I looked at the mirror beyond Marshall’s shoulder. I saw someone I didn’t recognize.“People never feel the same about me once they know,” I said. My mouth was suddenly so dry, it was hard to speak.“I will,” he said.He wouldn’t. It would ruin the unspoken bond between us—a bond with which, evidently, he was no longer content.“Why do you want me to talk about it?” My hands were clenched and I c...ould see them shake.“I can never get to know you better until I know that,” he said with patient certainty. “And I want to get to know you better.”With one quick movement, I jerked off my T-shirt. Under it, I was wearing a plain white sports bra. Marshall’s breath hissed as he got a good look at the scars. Not meeting his eyes, I turned a little so he could see the ones that crossed my shoulders like extra bra straps; I rotated back to show him the ones that striped my upper chest; I sat up straight so he could see more thin white scars in an arc pattern descending into the waistband of my pants.And then I looked him in the eyes.He did not blink.MoreLess
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