Chapter 73: Chapter 73

“Okay.” Daisy noticed she’d raised her voice and tried to calm herself. “Tell me what you want. Please.”

“I don’t know…” Riva said. “I thought we could figure it out.”

“There isn’t anything for me to figure out, though. I’m a lesbian. I like you. I want to hold your hand in the hallway at school and tell everyone you’re my girlfriend. I don’t want anything halfway.”

“I can do that for you, Daisy. I told you that already.”

“But I don’t want that.”

“I don’t get it. You just said that’s what you want.”

“No. I don’t want you to do it for me. Do you see?” After talking to Emmy, Daisy couldn’t help wondering if this was what had happened with Iris. Maybe Iris had told Emmy she wanted to “figure it out,” and Emmy had heard what she wanted to hear. Daisy had talked a big game about accepting Riva as she was, but wasn’t part of that drawing the line where she needed to draw it?