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Zach shrugged. “It’s the least we could do. And I say
we
because Bubbie paid
for half. She was annoyed I couldn’t convince you to be reimbursed for the repair
expenses, and so it was either this or a Broncos football.”
Their flight was announced, so they finished their coffees and made their way
to the gate. As they walked past a newsstand, Austin noticed the headline in the
paper about David Magnusson and, for a moment, considered buying a copy of the
paper as a memento of the occasion.
But then he remembered Zach’s desire to leave the past behind, so he walked
past it quickly, hurrying to catch up with Zach.
He put his arm through Zach’s, who took it openly.
“I like your family,” Austin said. “And I’ll come back for Hanukkah with you
next year.”
“You will?” Zach asked excitedly.
Austin nodded. “On one condition: we fly.”
Loose Id Titles by Astrid Amara
A Policy of Lies
Carol of the Bellskis
Holiday Outing
Intimate Traitors
Love Ahead: Expect Delays
The Valde: Water
“Next of Kin”
Part of the anthology
Hell Cop
With Nicole Kimberling and Ginn Hale
“Trust Me”
Part of the anthology
Hell Cop 2
With Nicole Kimberling and Ginn Hale
Astrid Amara
Astrid Amara is the author of several gay science fiction/fantasy titles
including the 2008 Lambda Literary Award Finalist novel,
The Archer's Heart
. She
has lived in Maidenhead, England, Jerusalem, Israel, and Bukhara Uzbekistan but
decided to settle in Bellingham, Washington because the rain improves her
complexion.