Sofia’s POV
Several months passed without incident. Lena and I chose not to bring our relationship to the group. We came to the gatherings at different time of the day and we sat down next to each but we made sure not to touch so that no one would notice.
We believed that the secrecy was going to protect us from the environment that has allowed us to meet. But each week the burden of concealment grew even heavier inside of me.
After one of the meeting, we stayed in the room when everyone was leaving so that we could talk to the facilitator. Only the three of us were present. Lena began the conversation.
“We’re together,” she said simply. “We didn’t want to keep it from you. We’re careful. We don’t want to change anything here.”
The facilitator listened without surprise. Then she smi
