My First Time in the Mountain Tent: Surrendering to Kamal’s Touch
Summer 1999. Haute-Savoie mountains. Our tent camp by the alpine lake. Kids asleep in theirs. Just me and Kamal now, Marie gone for the night. Stars pierced the canvas above. I watched him head to his tent. Heart slamming. Alone in mine? No way. I grabbed my stuff. ‘Mind if I crash with you? Scared…