Second Chances in New Port Stephen - Chapter 102

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Second Chances in New Port Stephen - Chapter 102

Wendall made a grand “after you” gesture.
“Thank you.” Eli took a deep breath. “I have a tendency of going too far when I’m trying to get
you to understand how I’m feeling. I want to be honest with you without making you cry. I’m
not sure I’ll always succeed, but I’ll try my best.”
“Oh, sweetie.” Cora smiled, her eyes welling up with tears—happy ones. “That’s all we could
ever ask.”
“We’re trying our best, too, by the way,” Wendall said. “I know it doesn’t always seem like it, but
we are.”
“There’s absolutely no rush,” his mom said. “You can take your time figuring out what comes
next.”
“Yeah, about that.” Eli looked down at his bare feet. “I kind of need to make a decision sooner
rather than later.” The whole story spilled out: Margo getting the show greenlit, the offer to take
a lead role—
“But you’re not an actor,” his mom said. “You’re a terrible liar too.”
His dad put a hand on her arm. “Let him finish, Cora.”
—how cool he thought Zoe was, the amount of time he’d been spending with Nick, everything.
Well, except the part where they hooked up. His parents didn’t need to know about that part.
“I think I love him,” he said. “Or I still do. And maybe he feels similarly, I don’t know. But I want
to find out before I make any big moves.”
Cora raised her hand in the air. “Sorry, I’m confused. I thought Nick Wu used to be married to a
woman, no?”

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“That doesn’t mean anything. Some people fancy all sorts,” his dad said.
“Oh! So he’s a bi-SEX-ual.”
“Why are you pronouncing it like that?” Eli asked. “And maybe. I don’t know.”
Wendall pulled his face into an elongated shape. “You should probably ask him before making
any declarations.”
Eli put his fingertips to his temples to try to rub some of the headache away. “What I mean is,
he’s not really hung up on labels right now? Or decided on one? But I do know he’s interested.
In me. At least, he was.”
“Oh.” His mom looked at his dad with wide eyes, and Eli watched them silently communicate for
a good minute before Wendall spoke for them both.
“Well, we’ve always liked that Nick Wu.”