Time To Speak Up
Vance glanced at Alan as he tried to approach the subject as carefully as possible. He had spent a long time thinking about how he would break the news to his friend and how it would affect him.
He was well aware that Steve’s “parents” had no intention of ever telling him the truth and that they would be mortified when their family name lay in ruins. But Steve would be leaving soon. He’d join the Marines and start a new life so that was their last chance to come clean. “Steve… We have something we want to tell you,” he whispered after a moment of silence.