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Caleb shook his head I leaned down to press my lips to his ear “It’s okay, Caleb You can tellIt’s just between us”

He hesitated, then said, “Soym class one day They… they forcedif I liked any dick up my ass or if it had to be my daddy’s dick Then they started to wonder if it even had to be a dick”

I felt my blood run cold at his words I closedonto my control, no matter what he told me

“One of theot one of the bats from the room where all the sports equipment was kept”

No

I h all I wanted to do was yell it out loud But Caleb must have picked up on my distress because he turned and looked over his shoulder at y the bat into the shower and yelled at hi on, then got out of there when the teacher told theet to their next class”

“Did you tell anyone?” I asked

Caleb returned his gaze to the water and shook his head “I started skipping gym class after that, thenintensified I was failing rades back up in tiout Mav and Eli were so disappointed”

Jesus fucking Christ How had I not known things had gotten so bad for him?

You didn’t know because you didn’t ask, you fucking coward

“Are you and Dalton together?”

Caleb’s question pulled hts “What?” I asked, completely thrown

“Is he your boyfriend?”

“No,” I said “He and I have never been together like that”

“But he’s gay, right?”

“He is,” I confirmed “How did you know?”

“The way he looks at you,” was all Caleb said “Why weren’t you ever together?”

I sighed because the conversation had taken a turn I hadn’t been expecting But I’d promised him that I’d answer his questions “Because I’m not what Dalton needs And he’s not what I need, either”