He realized that he was happier than he had ever been in his entire life.He realized that he was happier than he had ever been in his entire life. He did not wonder why he felt the way he did, though he was frightened by it and he worried what would happen if anybody found them. Only a few weeks earlier, just before he was to leave for Baker House, he had joined in the teasing and taunting of a redheaded boy about his own age when it was 'decided' that Nicky was 'queer'. Rafael felt ashamed of what he had done, remembering that the only thing that Nicky had done was to cry. He'd cried, that was all, and the other boys had made his life miserable. |