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press for so long, I was a pro at keeping an impassive face regardless of the topic, but this wasn’t a professional setting. I let out a little gasp that I tried to cover up with a laugh. I couldn’t believe he’d brought up David that way. He was teasing me.
    How could I ever forget the hot Cockney Brit I’d messed around with one night on a lawn chair? Adam and I probably would’ve never gotten together had Adam not been so jealous. And David was the same guy my friend Rachel had had a raunchy one night stand with a few years later. Though he was Adam’s cousin, David was definitely not an off-limits topic for Lisa, Rachel, and me. He was a legend. “Of course, I remember him.”
    Adam smirked, and his eyes said exactly what he must have been thinking: “Yeah, I bet you do.” Aloud he said, “David works for Barclays in international finance. He travels often and spends a lot of time in the States, including DC. He says hello, by the way.”
    “Please tell him hello for me, too.” I could feel my cheeks get warm. Oh, how I wished I knew what they’d said in that conversation.
    “I will.”
    “And how are your parents? Is your dad still teaching at Cambridge?”
    “No, not anymore.” He winced and drank from his water glass before he continued, “He’s actually rather ill…with pancreatic cancer. My mum spends her days taking care of him.”
    “Oh, Adam…I’m so sorry.” He was silent and grave. I thought he might choke up, so I tried being more matter-of-fact. “When was he diagnosed?”
    “A few months ago. The outlook isn’t good.”
    As he fidgeted with his fork, I no longer saw the thirty-three-year-old Adam, a man I wasn’t quite sure of. Before me now was Adam, the teenage guy I’d known so well. My heart caved seeing him so sad.
    Instinct took over, and I placed my hand over his restless one to calm him. He nodded as I gave him a slight squeeze. He then looked down at our hands and smiled, and I realized what I was doing. Shit, I’m holding his hand . I glanced up. In a restaurant, for crying out loud! I immediately withdrew my hand and thanked God our food arrived just at that moment.
    The conversation became casual, veering from foreign policy to political gossip to silly stories. He even got me laughing so hard at an anecdote about that asshole ABC News reporter Dan Roark, that I started to cry. As I dabbed my eyes, I saw my phone flashing and checked it.
    “Is everything okay?” he asked.
    “Yeah, I just need to deal with it when I get back. It’s going to be another long day and not much sleep tonight.”
    “So where are you living? Have you found a flat yet?”
    I stared at my phone for a minute without saying a word. The time had come to tell him about Juan Carlos. It shouldn’t have mattered at all; we’d moved on with our lives, but I became hesitant. It was my turn to fidget, and the information came out slowly. “I’m crashing with Lisa right now. She’s doing some post-doc work at NIH and has a place up on Van Ness.”
    “Lisa? That’s nice that you’re in the same city again. Do you plan to get a place of your own?”
    “No, I…” Why is this so hard for me? I forced myself to be forthright. “I’m moving in with my boyfriend.”
    It was an infinitesimal movement, but I swore Adam’s nose twitched. Yet after a second, he smiled. Was he happy for me? At that moment, I wasn’t. I felt like shit, but why?
    “So tell me more about this boyfriend,” he said cheerily. “What’s his name?”
    “Juan Carlos Jimenez. We’ve been together about a year.”
    “Really? Juan Carlos Jimenez? I can’t say I’ve met him, though I know of him, of course. Did you two meet on the campaign?”
    “Yeah, and we decided to live together last month.”
    “So why aren’t you already moved in?”
    “Just busy. He’s traveling a ton, and I have no time. We’ll make it happen, though.”
    My voice had wavered a bit while Adam kept a silent smile, and I was awash with