Exposure, Disclosure

“Detroit Airport reopened. Alexander Rios is confirmed on flight 563 at 8:00 a.m. Be ready in the lobby of your hotel at 5:00 a.m.”
I had to fly to Detroit as Alex, and I didn’t want him to see me that way, so I dressed in the dark and left without saying goodbye. I left a note with my cell phone number and email address encircled in a heart. In the crowded airport shuttle my night in Denver scrolled through my memory like a romantic fantasy. My future loomed like a blank page.
I phoned him from the gate and got his voicemail.
“Hi, it’s Alexandra, boarding. Wish we’d had more time, maybe someday. Happy memories, though.”
I couldn’t call it love, for had I loved him, or the experience? He could be mutilated in an Afghan ambush, or the camaraderie of combat and the transphobia endemic in the military could change his mind. Love would burden both of us. We needed to be free.
“OK, that’s all for now. Bye.”
I wiped away a tear. I had been lucky to find Jake. Would I ever be so lucky again?

“Exposure, Disclosure” is the second chapter of The Greatest Liar (TGL), two versions of which are published in Amazon’s Kindle Store
The Greatest Liar, Trans Fiction With A Purpose is found at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FSQ3M3M. It omits explicit sex descriptions. The excerpt above is from this edition
The Greatest Liar, Trans Erotica With A Purpose, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NKXFW2J, includes explicit sex.
Amazon’s terms of service prohibit publication in full here, but I priced both e-books at the nominal price of $2.99. Only the Trans Fiction version is available in paperback for $14.99, which mostly reflects printing costs (my royalty is even smaller on the paperback.)
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