#Chapter 15 - Hard Truths

Evie After Aria texted me that she was there with her “surprise”, I finished up the last of the dishes and made my way to the front of the restaurant. I spotted Aria by the front door, waving to someone outside. When she noticed me approaching, she smiled wide. “Guess who’s back?” said Aria, and I hardly had time to guess before a man entered the doorway. I could hardly believe my eyes. It was like looking at a ghost from the past. “Lucas!” I blinked wildly, thinking that he was simply a trick of the light. He had been a close friend of Aria and I in college. While he had a more upper-class background, being from an elite family, he didn’t have the attitude of someone from that sector. Maybe him being gay meant he knew what it was like to be knocked down by society. He had been rather relaxed about it when he told me, but I could see in his eyes that it had caused some tension in his life. I was thankful that he felt comfortable coming to me about it, however. “What are you do