Gabby: Family
She wonders if she could put her feet up on the pristine desk, if it would make him smile or scowl. "How much I'd love..." he told her, "to be a family again... but perhaps good things are not meant to last."
I would love it too, she thinks. Ambition has made the Lie true, finally, and a few succeed, while the rest struggle and fail.
Prosper the family, she thinks bitterly
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Monica's voice is bright on the phone, and Gabby smiles (where her lover can not see) at the sound of her enthusiasm. Monica would enjoy the idea of their blood being closer than it was. Gabby does not believe that kinship is truly, entirely, a thing of the blood. Will makes it so. Witness Akuete's tricks. Witness the Lie. Choices make a family.
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Gabby leans a moment longer than strictly necessary into Charli's hand as it touches her back, silently hoping the message will cross the boundary of flesh and blood.
"I choose you."
I would love it too, she thinks. Ambition has made the Lie true, finally, and a few succeed, while the rest struggle and fail.
Prosper the family, she thinks bitterly
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Monica's voice is bright on the phone, and Gabby smiles (where her lover can not see) at the sound of her enthusiasm. Monica would enjoy the idea of their blood being closer than it was. Gabby does not believe that kinship is truly, entirely, a thing of the blood. Will makes it so. Witness Akuete's tricks. Witness the Lie. Choices make a family.
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Gabby leans a moment longer than strictly necessary into Charli's hand as it touches her back, silently hoping the message will cross the boundary of flesh and blood.
"I choose you."