Going Public

Longtime readers might have noticed that a certain man who is not Tony gets mentioned quite frequently in this space. However, the author has judiciously avoided calling him anything other than Charles. Smart readers have likely put two and two together and realized that Charles is Leina's boyfriend. So why no mentions of this fact?

Leina didn't want everyone to know about her relationship before she had a chance to tell them. And in some instances, she took her sweet time in telling them. Leina and Charles started dating in February. She finally told one of her best freinds from high school, Alice, about him after lying to her, point blank, when Alice asked her in May if she was seeing anyone. Leina finally emailed Alice last week to tell her. It helps that Alice lives in England, or else she would have figured out something fishy was going on.

There is still one friend in So. Cal who doesn't know about Charles' existance, but Leina intends to tell her. Eventually.