It's all right, most of them are swimming. Or fishing... I don't know. I've got some time.
[ He's speaking kind of lowly anyway, just in case someone comes by or someone else wants to use the phone, but at the moment there's no competition. ]
Please don't apologize, Gilbert. It's not your fault.
We... we... [ He makes a sort of pained hrmmmm sound. ] Well, it's like I said, he wasn't doing anything that I really minded. Sometimes when two people enjoy each other's company, they...
Suddenly it all comes back to him, hitting him like a sack of bricks. Unmarried but past the age, the Deputy Mayor's comments back during the auction, setting him up with Nelson... ]
[ Gil's shocked. There's no other words for it. Nelson, whom he had looked up to and even trusted enough to hopefully not get himself into trouble of any sort of hurt, was allowing a man he loved to hurt him.
It's strange to know he's in love with another man. He's surprisingly not repulsed by the fact, merely curious and amazed anyone could love that burly, rude, and mysterious man.
And that he could even love in return.
People didn't hurt each other -- not lovers, he thinks. ]
But...
He... did that to you. [ He doesn't understand. ] I-I'm not...
[ Nelson's relieved that Gil is at least not taking the news as badly as he'd originally feared. Not that it makes this whole conversation easier, but it's a comfort that it could still be going worse.
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[ He's speaking kind of lowly anyway, just in case someone comes by or someone else wants to use the phone, but at the moment there's no competition. ]
Please don't apologize, Gilbert. It's not your fault.
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I would still like to have a word with you when you're available.
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Really, though. ]
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[ Nelson exhales, his voice going quieter just out of habit. He clears his throat. ]
I'm just not sure where to start.
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Well, that's... the b-beginning? No, that's not right... Did he -- What were you two, ah...
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... Er.
Do you understand?
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[ Nelson hesitates, unsure of how best to go about this. Finally he says, very quietly: ]
I love him.
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An emotion that usually describes how people feel about each other.
Or at least how one person strongly feels about another and Nelson's dropped that word in the conversation. ]
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He chokes on his end, nearly dropping his phone.
Suddenly it all comes back to him, hitting him like a sack of bricks. Unmarried but past the age, the Deputy Mayor's comments back during the auction, setting him up with Nelson... ]
You're...
okay done to spare you i'm sorry
Hooded Justice. Of all. People. ]
... Ahhh ...
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... Are you still there?
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Him?
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It's strange to know he's in love with another man. He's surprisingly not repulsed by the fact, merely curious and amazed anyone could love that burly, rude, and mysterious man.
And that he could even love in return.
People didn't hurt each other -- not lovers, he thinks. ]
But...
He... did that to you. [ He doesn't understand. ] I-I'm not...
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Still -- the worst is yet to come. ]
We were getting intimate. Wh-when you walked in.
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