【生肉搬运】鸟雀Passerine 第三章(31)
“Don’t,” Tommy croaked. “Don’t compare me to him, Wilbur. I am nothing like him.”
“Prove it, then.” Wilbur suddenly stood, making Tommy jerk back against the wall. “Do what he never had the guts to do, and tell me. Tell me what’s wrong, Tommy. Tell me what you’re carrying, and I’ll help you.”
Tommy’s chest felt tight with the pressure of the decade-old secret. His eyes instinctively scanned the room for an exit, some way out, some way to never speak of this again. He wanted nothing more than to melt into the wallpaper behind him and never see the light of day again.
Wilbur’s expression softened at Tommy’s panic, and he slowly sat back down on the settee.
“I’m sorry,” he said gently. “I didn’t mean to—” He pinched the bridge of his nose and let out a long sigh. “I’m so shit at this. Okay. Okay. Here. To prove to you that I can handle your secret, I’ll tell you mine.”
Tommy’s brows furrowed. “You have a million secrets, Wilbur. Maybe even more than that.”
“I know. But this is the secret, Tommy.”
There it was again—the feeling that he was standing on the precipice of a dark, unfathomable chasm.
“Prove it, then.” Wilbur suddenly stood, making Tommy jerk back against the wall. “Do what he never had the guts to do, and tell me. Tell me what’s wrong, Tommy. Tell me what you’re carrying, and I’ll help you.”
Tommy’s chest felt tight with the pressure of the decade-old secret. His eyes instinctively scanned the room for an exit, some way out, some way to never speak of this again. He wanted nothing more than to melt into the wallpaper behind him and never see the light of day again.
Wilbur’s expression softened at Tommy’s panic, and he slowly sat back down on the settee.
“I’m sorry,” he said gently. “I didn’t mean to—” He pinched the bridge of his nose and let out a long sigh. “I’m so shit at this. Okay. Okay. Here. To prove to you that I can handle your secret, I’ll tell you mine.”
Tommy’s brows furrowed. “You have a million secrets, Wilbur. Maybe even more than that.”
“I know. But this is the secret, Tommy.”
There it was again—the feeling that he was standing on the precipice of a dark, unfathomable chasm.
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