My Son Brought His New Boyfriend Home—The Moment I Saw the Pendant Around His Neck, I Called the Police
Whenever Gabriel used the phrase, Liam challenged it.
“Protect me from what?”
Good.
It forced precision.
Sometimes parents do protect children from age-inappropriate details.
Sometimes they protect themselves from consequences.
Those are not the same.
Gabriel had done the second.
PART 70 — THE SUNDAY TABLE
Years later, another Sunday dinner.