"That's fine," replied Steven. "Do you want to tell me what's on your mind?" Not now. Later perhaps."She went to her room and flopped on her bed. She ...hated what she was going to do to the man she loved. She rehearsed the reasons once more and reached the same conclusion. She had to do it and she had to do it soon; this evening. She could not go on bottling it up. She thought about how she was going to do it but realised that much would depend on Steven's reactions and indeed her own emotions.. She was not the regular Laxmi as she use to be who always blabber loud and talk nonstop with me and my wife. She looked towards me and then letting her face down she said “I have something to say, if you don’t mind”, I thought she needed some money and she is finding difficult to say “tell me what it is Laxmi, why are you asking?”Laxmi-“I work at one more house of Jain community and family is of husband, wife and 2 kids. Female’s name is pinky. She is very nice and beautiful…” I stopped her. Goddamn her eyes, I was on my feet and about a second away from hitting a woman for the first time in my life. This time I wasn’t even embarrassed, I was foaming at the mouth mad at my wife for breaking our agreement not to ever speak of those damn pictures again. I threw my beer bottle against the fence and watched it shatter like the trust I’d once had in Sherry. ‘Brian, it was just a joke,’ Lindsey tried to calm the situation. ‘Stay out of this, you have no idea,’ I spat. Sherry was. ”Taylor raised an eyebrow. “How long was it before your parents accepted that you were gay?”Ruth laughed. “Honey, we knew long before he ever said anything. When he finally did, we’d already read all the literature on how to respond.”“When you’re as flamboyant as I am, there’s little doubt,” Jacob said, laughing himself. “But that doesn’t matter. There’s still an adjustment period. My parents’ was just more gradual than usual. They had more time to adapt than yours. Your parents just need time..