My Son Brought His New Boyfriend Home—The Moment I Saw the Pendant Around His Neck, I Called the Police

Relative apologized.

Good.

Genetic relationship did not explain romance.

It did not make their previous feelings disgusting in retrospect.

They had believed themselves unrelated.

Shaming them would only punish ignorance they did not choose.

Our family became very strict about that.

PART 45 — LIAM’S ANGER AT THE WORD COUSIN

For months, he hated it.

“Cousin.”