Chapter 101

I shake my head and narrow my eyes at my dad. "Adam's not my boyfriend." Now Tara is confused. "Of course he is," My dad argues. I shake my head and blurt, "Adam's not my boyfriend. Liam is." My dad freezes at the name and extracts his arm from around Tara's shoulder, leaning closer to the table and staring me straight in the eye. "Liam? As in Liam Farley?" I don't reply. Instead, I avert my eyes to the ground and wonder why I said anything. I should have just went along with Adam being my boyfriend. But I couldn't help. Just the word 'boyfriend' and 'Adam' in the same sentence creeps me out. As badly as the word 'mate' and 'Adam' too. We're all silent for a long period of time. Until Tara chirps, "Well, who's up for dessert?" I'm overwhelmed with relief when my dad drops me off by home and I'm able to return home solely. So I don't have to deal with the onslaught of questions I know my dad is dy